Genesis: In the beginning: Foundations of our faith
Exodus: Deliverance to Covenant privilege
Leviticus: Handbook on Holiness
Numbers: Pilgrimage to covenant possession
Deuteronomy: Covenant faith reaffirmed
Joshua: Conquest: The ideal versus the real
Judges: Anarchy versus divine sovereignty
Ruth: God’s surprising grace
1 Samuel: The movement towards monarchy
2 Samuel: The Davidic promise and prospects
1 Kings : The slippery slope of national ruin
2 Kings : Destruction and deportation
1 Chronicles: Israel’s history from a global perspective
2 Chronicles: The house of David: An Uncertain future
Ezra-Nehemiah: Building a new community of faith
Esther: Help from a hidden source
Job: Resting in the mystery of God
Psalms: Human response to divine presence
Proverbs: Practical guide to peaceful living
Ecclesiastes: The man in the street
The Song of Solomon: An earthly model of heavenly love
Introduction to the prophets
Isaiah: Judgment and deliverance from the Holy One of Israel
Jeremiah: God’s judgment on Judah’s sin
Lamentations: The sorrow of sin
Ezekiel: The glory of the Lord
Daniel: God’s kingdom and the times of the Gentiles
Hosea: God’s love for his adulterous wife
Joel: The coming day of the Lord
Amos: Prepare to meet your God
Obadiah: God’s judgment on the pride of Edom
Jonah: God’s concern for the Gentiles
Micah: A just God requires a just people
Nahum: God’s destruction of Ninevah
Habakkuk: A life of trust in troubling times
Zephaniah: The “day of the Lord” for Jerusalem
Haggai: Rebuilding God’s house
Zechariah: The lord remembers
Malachi: God’s messenger