“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night.  And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and for years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens, and to give light upon the earth.’  And it was so.  And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars...  Read More

Isaiah is sometimes called the 5th Gospel because Isaiah, in the clearest way out of all the prophets, depicts for us the whole life of Jesus Christ.  Read More

In verse 22, Wisdom is described as being possessed, or the Hebrew says, Fathered, by the Lord God at the beginning of his work. The first of his acts of old.  Read More

Hymns are a great way to pray. Our hymn for today is #348 The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns. Read these verses as a prayer:  Read More

David prays this Psalm after the greatest sin of his life. He had lusted after Bathsheba and committed adultery with her which resulted in her getting pregnant. Her husband Uriah is off fighting David’s wars, which David should also be fighting in.  Read More

Out of the regrettable things that the people of Israel have done, Numbers 21 is toward the top of the list.  Read More

We read these chapters in Isaiah most often in church during Christmas. Out of many of the promises concerning Jesus, these chapters tell us of his birth and ministry.  Read More

What you have to love in Daniel 3 is the officialness of it all. How many times the list of magistrates are listed. The amount of times the instruments are all laid out. It can feel a bit mind numbing and pompous. Which is the point. We see the full arrogance of King Nebuchadnezzar on display.   Read More

Hymns are a great way to pray. Our hymn for today is # 350 Come, Thou Precious Ransom. Read these verses as a prayer:  Read More

Traditionally, Psalm 47 is read as the Church celebrates the Ascension of Jesus Christ. You can see it in the Psalm itself: “God has gone up with a shout! The Lord with the sound of the trumpet.” When we think of the Ascension of Jesus, often we do not grasp the significance of it. We think that Jesus just went off and left us.  Read More

Jonah is a short, well known, and well loved book. Even dating back to the time of Christians in the catacombs of Rome, the story of Jonah was the most attested piece of art on the walls of the catacombs, right behind the image of Jesus as Shepherd.   Read More

David has a wonderful idea. He has finished building his house, which is quite a mansion. But one day, as he looks out, he sees that God only has a tent. This is the Tabernacle that Moses built in Exodus 40.  Read More