Jeremiah 33:1-22 Every year the Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier. These days it’s not uncommon to walk into a store...

Matthew 27:1-10 Psalm 54 Yesterday, we looked at David’s cry of repentance in Psalm 51. We noted that true repentance consists of two...

Psalm 51: 10-19 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. These well-known words of David stand at the...

Jeremiah 29:1-19 In our Old Testament readings for this week from the book of Jeremiah, we are going to witness the beginning of the end...

Matthew 25:31-46 Nobody’s mind is going to change on the Day of Judgment. No man is going to feel differently about Christ and His...

Jeremiah 23:1-20 Once upon a time, King Saul feared that Israel was going to be destroyed by the Philistines, so he trusted in his own...

Matthew 25:1-13 Just a moment ago, we sang the greatest hymn ever written. “Wake, Awake for Night is Flying” is majestic and soaring,...

Matthew 24:29-51 When Jesus says “truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place,” what does...

Matthew 24:1-28 “The way things are going these days, you just have to think Jesus is going to return soon.” This is something I hear all...

Matthew 22:33-46 The Sadducees think that they have Jesus trapped by their logic puzzle which has its basis in the Law of Moses. They...

Jeremiah 3:6-4:2 In our Old Testament reading, we hear the graphic message that the Lord has sent the prophet Jeremiah to proclaim to the...

Jeremiah 1:1-19 Now the word of the lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I...

Deuteronomy 34 In the concluding chapter to Deuteronomy, which is the final chapter of the entire Torah—the five books of Moses—we are...

Deuteronomy 32:28-52 I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal… Here, God proclaims his two words to the Israelites who were about to...

Jeremiah 26:1-16 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 15: 12-21 Delivered on the Feast Day of St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles When Jesus calls his...

Matthew 18:1-20 Children are many things. They are cute and innocent, at least to a certain extent. They are affectionate and...

Matthew 17:14-27 “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” So Jesus...

Matthew 17:1-13 Every now and then you’ll have those moments in life where you can feel God’s blessings and glory surround you. You get...

Deuteronomy 20:1-20 In our text from Deuteronomy, we hear Moses tell the Israelites that they are about to go in and conquer the land of...

Deuteronomy 19:1-20 In our reading from Deuteronomy we hear how the law of Moses promotes justice by curbing the anger, hatred, and...