John 8:39-59 Beware those who get offended on behalf of someone else. Because, very often, vicarious offense is really just a smokescreen...

John 8:21-38 One of the chief reasons Christ’s own people rejected Him was because they were expecting and desiring a political messiah....

Acts 1:15-26 When a Christian woman is looking for a new job, she typically asks God to lead her where she’s supposed to go. But she only...

John 4:46-54 When this official from Capernaum hears that Jesus is in Cana, he rushes out to find Him, to beg Jesus to spare his son’s...

Job 3:11-26 In our first reading for this morning, Job laments his miserable state. His wealth is gone. His children are dead. All he has...

John 1:19-34 When sin is overwhelming you and you’ve embraced it in return, what do you do? Behold the Lamb of God and repent. Who is...

John 1:1-18 When St. John says “we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,” what does this refer to? Well, it...

Titus 2:7-3:15 In one sense, being a pastor is very easy. In other sense, it’s quite hard. It’s easy to know what you’re supposed to do....

Romans 16:17-27 In our reading from Romans today, St. Paul calls us to mark and avoid those who cause divisions and create obstacles to...

Psalm 1 It’s a wonderful thing how the Psalms immediately begin with Jesus. There is no man who can say he does not walk in the counsel...

Joel 2:18-32 “And my people shall never again be put to shame.” So says God through the prophet Joel in our reading for this morning. And...

Romans 11:1-24 Anyone who has adopted children, in particular through the foster system, can tell you there’s a strange emotional bond...

Romans 10 Shame, in a Biblical sense, can mean a few different things. While guilt is more a legal term indicating your status before God...

Romans 7:21-8:17 There’s a common attack against Martin Luther that you’ll often hear in Roman Catholic circles that goes something like...

Romans 7:1-20 When Paul gives us this marriage analogy to understand our relationship with the Law, it’s a bit of a dangerous analogy....

Romans 5 I find it a bit funny that, right after telling us the free gift is not like the trespass, St. Paul immediately shows how the...

Romans 4 When St. Paul notes that Abraham was declared righteous before he was circumcised, his point is quite clear: Before there was a...

Romans 1:18-32 When Paul tells us that men had the knowledge of God but traded Him, in one sense, he’s speaking theologically. He’s...

Romans 1:1-17 When St. Paul says that he is not ashamed of the Gospel, he says this with regard to his apostolic calling. He has been...

Psalm 119:25-32 There’s a church in Portugal called “Capela dos Ossos,” “Chapel of the Bones” in English. This is a very literal name....