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Sermon on the Mount E8 – Why does Jesus call his followers salt and light? In the Hebrew Bible, salt is a metaphor for God’s long-lasting covenant with Israel, connected to priestly sacrifices, ritual purity, and social bonds. And the Hebrew word for light, or , shares a wordplay with torah , meaning God’s wise instruction. God’s wisdom given in the Torah is a light for Israel that they are called to share with the nations. In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss the meanings of salt and li...

Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley is to take up a new post as Principal of Ridley Hall College in Cambridge.

Yale Divinity School Professor Willie James Jennings will give Oxford University’s Bampton Lectures for 2023—the first African American tapped for the 243-year-old lecture series and one of the few Americans ever to earn the distinction.

First Corinthians is the longest letter in the Bible after Romans, and we should be diligent to interpret it properly. Where can a good commentary be

In this Sabbath School commentary for Sept. 18, 2021: "The real prophet of the book is not Jonah at all, but the narrator."