Joshua 24 In a sense, the story of salvation, both for Israel and for all mankind, is a story about going home. When God sets His people...

Joshua 23 You have to imagine that Joshua knows full well that his people are not going to heed his commands after his death. He was with...

Joshua 8:1-29 One of the more misunderstood passages of the Bible comes from Matthew 16, when Jesus tells us that the gates of hell shall...

Ps 114 Our Psalm for this morning—Psalm 114—describes the spiritual significance of Israel’s exodus from Egypt. When the people of Israel...

Acts 15: 1-21 The Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles In our reading from Acts, we see a helpful example of how the faithful church...

Joshua 3 In our reading from Joshua, the people of Israel are on the verge of entering the land of promise. There’s just one problem. ...

Joshua 2 Despite the fact that Rahab is famous for telling a lie, she is a fiercely honest woman, especially with herself. And, in a...

Joshua 1 Moses is dead. And Joshua is called to be the man who will lead God’s people over the Jordan river and into the land of promise....

Proverbs 27:1-24 “The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise,” Solomon tells us near the...

Proverbs 25:1-22 In our reading from Proverbs 25 this morning, Solomon tells us that it is the glory of God to conceal things, but the...

Proverbs 24:1-22 Back in the day, there used to be this thing called “the Pepsi challenge” where the Pepsi people would go around, giving...

Proverbs 22:22-23:12 With men, a feast is rarely just a feast. When men sit down together before an abundance of food and wine, there is...

Proverbs 22 One of the interesting things we learn about wisdom from the Proverbs is that you don’t have to be very wise to be wise. That...

Proverbs 16:1-24 Proverbs 16:3 admonishes us to “Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.” When we look at the...

Proverbs 15:1-29; John 15: 12-27 All this week, we’ve been exploring how Christ—the very Wisdom from God incarnate—is the key to...

Proverbs 14:1-27; John 15:1-11 As we observed yesterday, it’s very edifying to read Proverbs and the gospel of John side-by-side. In...

Proverbs 13; John 14:18-31 In Proverbs 13:13 we read, “Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the...

Proverbs 10:1-23: John 14: 1-17 One of the blessings to be gained by reading through the Proverbs is that we are taught by God the Holy...

Proverbs 8:1-21 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” This is what Solomon tells us in his first Proverb. So what does he...

Proverbs 5 God gave a woman her beauty and God ordered man to desire that beauty. This is all good and holy. God gave women the gift that...