So soon after the Israelite slaves walked free from Egypt, laden down with the treasures of their slave masters, they turned against the God who had so graciously and with mighty works made their freedom possible. They bowed themselves before … Continued
Our Lord Jesus Christ says clearly to us that not only can we not serve God and mammon, but that we must hate our life in this world so that we may keep it for eternal life. Last week, the … Continued
It is absolutely amazing how quickly God’s children begin to worry and be anxious about earthly things. Whether it is a car repair or geopolitics or how we played in the last game, we are all experts at getting ourselves … Continued
We all love when God blesses us with some good. How happy we are when an illness is healed, when we are spared in the midst of a terrible accident, when a financial need is met unexpectedly. All ten lepers … Continued
The temptation when hearing the parable of the Good Samaritan is to put ourselves in the wrong place in the story. Our flesh wants to be the Good Samaritan either because we think that we would actually be the ones … Continued
Through the hearing of God’s Word, the Holy Spirit opens our ears to the truth of our sin and our salvation. Without this word, we are deaf to the divine truth and we are unable to rightly confess and praise … Continued
What kind of a person could claim to follow the Word of God and then take pride in himself? Only poor, miserable sinners like us could do something like that. The devil is waiting on the other side of our … Continued
Jesus, quoting Isaiah 56:7, said, “My house shall be a house of prayer.” This is a wonderful and simple explanation of what the house of God is for, even today. God’s house, the place where we gather as God’s people … Continued
It’s always interesting when Jesus uses examples that catch us off guard. This Sunday we will hear again of what is often called the “unjust steward.” Here, Jesus actually holds up a man who stole from his employer as an … Continued
With all of the different denominations and churches that surround us claiming to teach the Bible, a very serious obligation is laid upon every single Christian to be a daily student of the Holy Scriptures. In our pluralistic society that … Continued