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Although Psalm 32 is one of seven identified by the early church as penitential psalms (also Psalms 6, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143), it is actually a psalm of individual thanksgiving.1 The psalmist looks back (...)

If you are scanning ahead to select a focus text for your sermon this week, drop everything and pick up this oft overlooked poetry from Habakkuk (I mean, how many sermons have we heard on (...)

What is God like? On Palm Sunday this is perhaps the most critical question that we can ask and seek to answer and also apply to our own lives. No doubt—almost inevitably—we will be thinking (...)

Even though it might surprise contemporary readers, all the events of John 18:1–19:42 happen on the same day: the Day of Preparation when the lambs were sacrificed for Passover (19:14; see also Leviticus 23:5; Numbers (...)

“Resist the social order!” and “Take down the patriarchy!” are cries that inspire protest and challenge the status quo. You will hardly find crowds rallying around the call to “Submit to your masters” or “Endure (...)

I live in Indiana near Louisville, Kentucky. Since mid-March, Kentucky’s governor Andy Beshear has offered an update every afternoon concerning the coronavirus pandemic and steps Kentuckians are being asked to take. Early on, he asked (...)

Discussion on texts for Second Sunday in Lent (Mar. 8, 2020). (Gospel) John 3:1-17; (First Reading) Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; (Second Reading) Romans 4:1-5, 13-17. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for Working Preacher.

Discussion on texts for First Sunday in Lent (Mar. 1, 2020). (Gospel) Matthew 4:1-11; (First Reading) Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; (Second Reading) Romans 5:12-19. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for Working Preacher.

How about giving up discontent for Lent? There’s a complaint heard sometimes in our household: “If I didn’t do this, it wouldn’t get done.” Sometimes it’s a reproach. But there are certain things we know (...)

Year A immerses the congregation into the captivating readings from the Gospel of John: Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the man born blind, and Lazarus. Three of these readings (the woman at the well, (...)