John 2:13-25 All four of the Gospels tell us the story of Christ cleansing the temple, this event where Jesus enters His Father’s house...

Job 3:11-26 In our reading from Job chapter 3 today, Job has been dragged into the depths of despair. He’s covered in sores from head to...

Job 2:1-3:10 As Job’s friends arrive upon the horizon, they don’t recognize him in his misery. They don’t recognize this man, covered in...

1 Samuel 1:21-28 From a human standpoint, it’s hard to understand how Hannah could bring herself to fulfill this vow she made to the...

2 Timothy 4 As long as man has a sinful nature, man will have itchy ears. As long as man listens to the lie that he needs to make himself...

2 Timothy 2 There’s a wonderful twist at the end of this little hymn that St. Paul gives us in today’s reading from 2 Timothy. “If we...

2 Timothy 1 In his epistles, St. Paul frequently talks about how Christians should never feel shame when we consider the salvation and...

Acts 20:28-35 There’s a rather challenging scenario that pastors often face, one that goes something like this: A member asks you what...

Acts 9:1-22 If you are an unbeliever, the conversion of St. Paul is a problem for you. If you’re an atheist who thinks that all religions...

1 Timothy 6:11-16 When St. Paul tells St. Timothy to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness, this is...

Acts 4:8-13 At first, Peter doesn’t fully get it. He knows that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. He knows Jesus is God in...

Ezekiel 39:1-10, 17-29 Ezekiel is a prophet in exile. During the first wave of Nebuchadnezzar’s attack on Jerusalem, Ezekiel was one of...

Romans 3:1-18 Imagine you have a deadly disease and you need to have surgery. And as you’re in the waiting room, you look around and you...

Romans 2:17-29 About 1900 years before the birth of Christ, God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. But in the years to come,...

Romans 2:1-16 If you take our reading from Romans 2 out of context, it can be a little troubling to us Lutherans, especially verses 6-8...

Romans 1:18-32 It’s a dangerous thing when God gives you what you want. Because, on account of your sinful nature, what you want is the...

Luke 3:1-20 When the crowds hearing John the Baptist’s message come to repentance and ask him how they should now live, I imagine they...

Luke 2:41-52 Throughout Christ’s youth, Mary received a number of reminders that her Son didn’t really belong to her. He was her child,...

Luke 2:21-40 Our reading from Luke today is always the Gospel reading for the First Sunday after Christmas, which I think means I’ve...

Luke 2:1-20 If you were in Bible Class on Sunday, you heard me say how I don’t like at all like the translation “swaddling cloths.”...