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The psalm text for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is the “promise” section of the famous Eagles’ Wing poem, Psalm 91. The concrete, particular promises that this ancient liturgy proclaims provides a perfect opportunity for (...)

The last line of Job 2:1-10 (last week’s first reading, 18 Pentecost) reckons Job’s behavior, above all his speech, as righteousness: “In all this Job did not sin with his lips.” This evaluation is not (...)

This week’s psalm selection is the closing section of one of the great lyrics of the Bible–Psalm 90. It is the only poem in the Psalter that is associated with Moses; the Hebrew in the (...)

The lectionary tries to steal this psalm from us, but we don’t need to let it. We lose verses 1-6 in the prescribed reading, which makes Psalm 19 an altogether different psalm. To be sure, (...)

As I have done with the previous three Psalm lections, I again tie the theme of worship with some other theme of the passage. Worship is obviously an appropriate concept to anchor Psalm 146, the (...)

The lectionary’s desire to include the story of David and Goliath in the Sunday lessons is made difficult by the length of the story in the Bible. The Septuagint itself does not contain verses 12-31, (...)

“Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre … and the sound of melody! With trumpets … make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!” (Psalm 98:5). Once in a while I try in (...)

[This is Week 2 of a 4-week preaching series on Psalms.] [This is Week 2 of a 4-week preaching series on Psalms.] [This is Week 2 of a 4-week preaching series on Psalms.] Week 2 (June 23, 2019) Preaching text: Psalm 69:1-16; (...)

Commentary and hymns for a four-part preaching series on the Psalms.1 This worship and preaching series on the Psalms is meant to move through four psalms in a manner that reflects how believers actually experience the (...)

[This is Week 6 of a 6-week preaching series on Psalms.] [This is Week 6 of a 6-week preaching series on Psalms.] [This is Week 6 of a 6-week preaching series on Psalms.] Week 6 (...)