Wear Him Well
First Sunday in Advent: Epistle, Romans 13:11-14 Romans 13:11-14 Our Old Testament reading for the week focused our attention on the wonderful days ahead, going to the house of the Lord, the hill-dwelling of the Great...
Better Days Ahead
First Sunday in Advent: Old Testament, Isaiah 2:1-5 Isaiah 2:1-5 God calls and His calling is always clear. In our Old Testament reading for the week God makes a call that His people should...
Your Word Is...
Proper 29: Gospel, Luke 23:27-43 Luke 23:27-43 “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43). Sweet words indeed. But in the context of the event during which they are spoken … not so nice. The event, that is. The darkness of the event makes the...
Who?
Proper 29: Epistle, Colossians 1:13-20 Colossians 1:13-20 Many years ago I heard a prominent American pastor lament that the church was publishing myriads of books on many topics and a lamentable few on Jesus Christ. It causes some reflection as I look at my own bookshelf and see the titles...
How Can It Be?
Proper 29: Old Testament, Malachi 3:13-18 Malachi 3:13-18 The gospel doesn’t only live in the New Testament. So many make the mistake of thinking the Old Testament is law, law...
Close to the Source
Proper 28: Gospel, Luke 21:5-28 Luke 21:5-28 Luke 21 is one of a group of passages across the gospels that point to those days which usher in...
An Everyday Book
Proper 28: Epistle, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Funny it is that many consider the Bible a book of myths, stories, tales, and instruction far away from the steps we leave...
Little More to Say
Proper 28: Old Testament, Malachi 4:1-6 Malachi 4:1-6 The final chapter of our Old Testament begins in a blaze. Read just the first verse. My brief comments focus on that very beginning of...
Blessed
All Saints (Observed): Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed. It’s a word found myriads of times throughout the Scriptures. We tend to look at it mostly from the perspective of happiness. If...
But I Can't Sing A Lick
All Saints (Observed): Psalm, Psalm 149 Psalm 149 If there is an anxiety in the people of God about heaven I think this may be it: people are concerned that they aren’t good singers. And heaven is portrayed as a...
