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....

Isaiah 40:1-7 What does Isaiah mean when he says that Jerusalem has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins? Well, in the...

Psalm 119:81-88 As you all know, I love a good literary image, a quick little phrase that says in a few words what lesser writers could...

Revelation 5 Once the scroll was sealed shut. The book of salvation, the story of mankind finding peace with God, the story of God...

Isaiah 32 In describing the reign of the king of righteousness, Isaiah tells us that many things will change upon His arrival. Blindness...