1 Kings 12: 20-13:5, 33-34 In our Old Testament reading, we see God ripping the ten Northern tribes of Israel out of the hands of...

Mark 6:14-29 Satan loves to chase after short term victories. But God always has His eyes set on the long term, on eternity. We see this...

1 Kings 11:1-26 When Adam and Eve fall into sin, why does it happen? Why does Satan succeed in convincing Eve to take the forbidden fruit...

1 Kings 7:51-8:21 When the Ark of the Covenant is brought to the temple, it’s a big deal. The Ark is essentially the presence of the Lord...

Luke 22:24-30 It takes the twelve awhile to learn the lesson but finally they learn it. Throughout Christ’s ministry, they are constantly...

1 Kings 3:1-15 In many ways, the story of King Solomon’s reign resembles a classic Greek tragedy. Here, at the beginning of his reign,...

1 Kings 2:1-27 Solomon is famous for his wisdom, but you don’t need the wisdom of Solomon to understand what his brother Adonijah is...

1 Kings 1:1-4, 15-35 It’s easy to see why Adonijah declares himself king in the fashion that he does. His father David is near death,...

2 Samuel 7:18-29 In today’s reading from 2 Samuel, we get David’s response to God’s response to David’s request to build the temple. We...

2 Samuel 7:1-17 Something we see a number of times in the Bible is that God is never going to let you win a gift-giving contest. If you...

Galatians 4:4-7 “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” That’s a saying I heard every now and then growing up. And the point was rather...

1 Corinthians 7:25-40 When I was a student at Indiana University, I took a few religious studies courses where I learned very little...

2 Samuel 6: 1-19 God’s judgement upon Uzzah the priest strikes our modern sensibilities as arbitrary and severe. Perhaps it even seems a...

1 Corinthians 5 Since Roe vs. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, voters have chosen to expand the reach of legal abortion every...

1 Corinthians 4 Every October is pastoral appreciation month, at least that’s what the internet tells me. And during that month, many...

1 Corinthians 3 There’s a common phenomenon in churches, generally of the Evangelical variety, where a pastor will build up a massive...

1 Corinthians 1:26-2:16 When the Christian faith began to spread into the gentile world, it was not held in great esteem amongst the...

1 Corinthians 1:1-25 If you want to understand what Paul’s various epistles are all about, a helpful trick is to look at the very first...

1 Samuel 4 In a strange way, Eli’s rather humiliating death seems to prove that he dies as a believer. He doesn’t want God’s word of...

1 Samuel 3 When Eli hears the first words God gave to Samuel, his response just may be the saddest thing spoken in all the Bible. After...