Job 9 In our reading from Job we learn why Christ had to come to be the mediator between a holy God and sinful man. Remember where Job is....

John 3:1-21 It’s easy to hate the world because, well, what’s not to hate? This world is riddled with violence and cruelty, lust and...

John 2:13-25 When I was growing up, I could tell my Sunday School teachers always felt a lot of pressure to explain why Jesus got so...

John 1:35-51 In Genesis 27, Jacob receives the blessing from his father Isaac. He tricked his father into giving him the word of promise...

Titus 2:7-3:15 I’m not sure if Dante coined the term “virtuous pagan” but he certainly popularized the concept. The term itself is meant...

Devotion for the Feast of The Purification of Mary and The Presentation of Our Lord Hebrews 2:14-18 The fear of death is a powerful...

2 Timothy 4 By all earthly standards, Paul was leaving this life as a loser. He had been judged guilty in a Roman court of law. He had...

2 Timothy 3 How do you stand firm in the truth while living in an evil age? That’s a question that Paul takes up here in this section of...

2 Timothy 2 Paul is writing what may be his final letter to his young protégé, pastor Timothy. Paul knows that his time on earth is...

Psalm 1 When the psalmist wrote our psalm for this morning, He was speaking of Christ. He was describing the holy, perfect, and pure Son...

Romans 15:1-13 “To whom much is given, much is required.” Jesus tells us this in Luke chapter 12, and it’s a principle that has numerous...

Joel 3 and Romans 12:14-13:14 There’s a wonderful bit of tension between our Old Testament readings and our New Testament readings today....

Joel 2:18-32 In Joel chapter 1, maybe a hundred years before it happens, the prophet foretells of the destruction that Israel is going to...

Romans 9:18-33 Reformed (Calvinist) theologians often use Romans 9 as one of their key proof texts for the doctrine known as “double”...

Romans 9:1-19 So far, in his letter to the Romans, Paul has been making the case that the righteousness we need in order to be justified...

Mark 8:27-9:1 In St. Matthew’s gospel, Peter’s confession leads Jesus to declare how the Church is built—“upon this rock.” The rock, of...

Romans 7:21-8:17 Luther, in his explanation to the third article of the Creed describes the work of the Holy Spirit in these terms: the...

Romans 7:1-20 Luther began his ninety-five theses with this statement: “When our Lord and master Jesus Christ said, “Repent!” he willed...

Romans 4 When scoffers try to mock our faith, they generally do so by pointing out how ridiculous it all sounds. “Oh, right,” they say....

Romans 3:19-31 Imagine that you’re a teenager and your father leaves you in charge of your younger siblings for the night. You decide you...