Psalm 46 - The statements made in Psalm 46 are common knowledge to those who've walked with God. We sing…
Psalm 43 - What hurts more than the abandonment and rejection of our peers? It's the feeling we have been…
Psalm 40 - Gratefulness. Some days it seems to escape us. Our day starts off on the wrong foot and…
Psalm 39 - Let's track this psalm from the beginning. The psalmist opens with tremendous grief. There seems to be…
Psalm 37 - It is sometimes difficult to understand why the evil continues to prosper. We struggle to reconcile how…
Psalm 35 - Years ago, while working for Youth for Christ, my wife and I become close friends with a…
Psalm 31 - How do we move from anguish and sorrow to trust and assurance? People have smeared your name.…
Psalm 26 - The key to Psalm 26, as Hank has written, is the second verse. If you read through…
Psalm 25 - Have you ever wondered why David prayed so regularly for his enemies to be routed? So far,…
Psalm 21 - There is a theme of kingship within this psalm. It's likely it was originally composed for recital…
Psalm 20 - Already, but not yet. What a difficult attitude to have. How do you move from crying out…
Psalm 19 - One of the issues addressed in this psalm is hidden sin. I'm not talking about sins you…
Psalm 17 - We face critical situations all the time. These trials batter our hearts and our minds. They trample…
Psalm 16 - Inheritance is something that's found extensively in Scripture. David writes of this inheritance in verse 5. The…
Psalm 13 - This psalm is general enough to speak to anyone going through a crisis but specific enough to…
Psalm 9 - According to Spurgeon, the title of this Psalm is, “A Psalm on the death of the son,”…
Psalm 7 - As I read Psalm 7, I found myself asking if God was not righteous, would I pray…
Psalm 6 - This is the first of the Penitential Psalms. Most believe this piece would have begun with a…
Psalm 5 - In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my…
Psalm 4 - A major NT theme for believers is the concept of perseverance. This is something David articulated well.…
Psalm 3 - When studying the Psalms, you can generally classify them into three different categories of petition, thanksgiving, and…
Psalm 2 - This royal psalm was a familiar one, as it was recited often by God's followers. We read…
Mark 11 - The Pharisees were reeling. Jesus had just cleansed the Temple and done it with supreme authority. Aside…
Mark 7 - Judaism during Jesus' time not only put an emphasis on the written law (the Old Testament) but…
Mark 1 - It's fascinating to identify the different writing styles of the Gospel authors. Matthew began with genealogy. His…
Deuteronomy 29 - When I was younger, I used to think it was enough to "keep my oath" with God.…
Deuteronomy 23 - As we've written many times in Deuteronomy, these laws can seem foreign to us. In some ways,…
Deuteronomy 18 - "God said..." It's a phrase that has permeated our Christian culture. It's a statement that flies out…
Deuteronomy 12 - What separated the people of God from the pagans around them was their total allegiance to the…
Deuteronomy 9 - Today know this: GOD, your God, is crossing the river ahead of you—he's a consuming fire. He…
Deuteronomy 5 - False teachers love to cherry-pick verses and twist the context to their liking. A perfect example of…
Ecclesiastes 11 - This is the shortest chapter in the book. The theme here is dealing with risk as we…
Ecclesiastes 5 - Fear God. Not exactly a popular message these days. You don't hear many sermons on the fear…
Numbers 28 - God was teaching the Israelites what it meant to have a heart full of love for Him.…
Numbers 27 - Don't gloss over this chapter too quickly or you will miss a moment that is very rare…
Numbers 20 - So... do you want the bad news or the worse news? Well, the bad news is that…
Numbers 17 - But the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony to be…
Numbers 16 - Numbers 16 is part of a much bigger picture of Moses' leadership of Israel. This rollercoaster of…
Numbers 9 - What an amazing scene! Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the…
Numbers 7 - This chapter is a bit repetitive and long. OK, let's just be honest - it's boring. Each of…
Numbers 6 - People are probably surprised to learn that this famous prayer of blessing comes from the book of…
Numbers 2 - You really need a visual for Numbers 2. It describes the arrangement of the camps around the…
Luke 18 - Have you ever uttered these phrases? “Well, I’m not really that bad.” “I’m not as bad as…
Luke 5 - But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. Luke 5:16 NASB On the…
Ezekiel 46 - First, this is a tough chapter to reconcile with our modernized Christian worldview. Second, there are many…
Ezekiel 40 - Ezekiel's ministry began with a vision of God. The last 9 chapters end with a vision for…