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As the twice-repeated refrain (verses 3, 5) indicates, Psalm 67 is a song meant for public worship.1 We can imagine a worship leader or choir singing the body of the psalm, with the congregation or (...)

Peter gets it right: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). His aptitude is no surprise; he is, after all, Disciple #1 among the Twelve. As the first one called, (...)

How are you? I stopped and prayed for you as I wrote this piece—you who get up to preach the Gospel week in and week out to a weary world. And oh, how weary we (...)

Grace and peace to you, Working Preacher, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for preaching the word of God—whose name is Jesus. The (...)

Zechariah 9:9-12 is a post-exilic prophecy of hope, perhaps best known to Christians for its reuse in the New Testament. It imagines the return of a triumphant but humble king to Jerusalem. These verses call (...)

No small amount of ink has been spilled trying to sort out the structure of this prayer song of the individual.1 Hans-Joachim Kraus believes the poem to be plagued by copy errors1 while James L. Mays (...)

Love stories in the Bible, such as this First Lesson where Jacob marries his beloved Rachel (and unexpectedly her sister Leah as well!), reveal how much has changed since biblical times.1 Yet, aspects of this (...)

Dear Working Preacher, How are you? No, really, how are you? How is it with your heart, your spirit? I hope you are well. I hope that the ministry you are doing these days is (...)

Profesora titular de teología sistemática en Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, Illinois). La Dra. Nancy Elizabeth Bedford es autora de numerosos artículos y libros. En 2009 publicó en español La porfía de la resurrección en la (...)

Micah D. Kiel is Associate Professor of Theology at Saint John’s University School of Theology and Seminary and the College of Saint Benedict.  He received a B.A. in Music Performance from St. John’s University in (...)