Mark 10:35-45 When James and John ask Jesus to sit at His right and His left in His kingdom, they’re asking for a life of glory. Not only...

John 20:1-2, 10-18 When Mary Magdalene first sees Jesus on the day of the resurrection, she doesn’t recognize Him. She imagines that this...

1 Samuel 2:18-36 In the Lord’s Prayer, we ask God, “thy will be done.” And in Martin Luther’s explanation of that particular petition, he...

Galatians 6 Pride is a crafty sin. No matter what position you take on the debate at hand, pride will always try to convince you that...

Galatians 5 In our reading from Galatians today, St. Paul is defending the Galatian Christians from the lies of a group we call the...

Joshua 6:6-27 and Acts 10:18-33 In our reading from Joshua today, we see the Jews at war with the Gentiles. We see a war between the...

Joshua 4 When the Israelites finally cross the Jordan River and enter the Promised Land, we see a picture of the baptized life. A man...

Joshua 2 In 2 Corinthians 5, St. Paul tells us that we walk by faith and not by sight, which is to say that faith is trusting in what you...

Acts 8:1-25 When it comes to money, the Bible gives us a wonderful paradox: The Gospel is worth your money because the Gospel doesn’t...

John 21 Sometimes absolution is painful. During our Lord’s passion, Peter denied Jesus three times. And here in our reading from John 21...

Luke 1:57-80 Names matter, as I always say, and this is certainly the case with John the Baptist. God has sent John to be the forerunner...

John 19:1-22 What do the Chief Priests really want when they conspire to put Jesus to death? Well, if you take them at their word in John...

John 18:15-40 Simon Peter’s denial of Jesus during our Lord’s Passion is not like Christ’s betrayal at the hands of Judas. Judas is...

John 18:1-14 When Jesus identifies Himself to the band of men who have come to arrest Him, why do they draw back and fall to the ground?...

Proverbs 20:5-25 It’s a dangerous thing when a man tells himself, “I’m a simple man.” Some men aren’t fancy or sophisticated. And that’s...

John 16:17-33 “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” What does this mean? Well, when Jesus...

John 15:1-11 We self-righteous sinners have an amazing ability to take Christ’s words of comfort and turn them into words of terror. A...

Proverbs 13 “Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.” What does this mean? Well, it may...

John 14:1-17 I find it somewhat comical, the way Philip phrases his request. After Jesus implores HIs disciples to believe in Him, Philip...

Isaiah 42:5-12 “Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”...