A popular slogan is “Prayer Changes Things.”   Do you know the flaw in this saying? Today’s reading: 1 Chronicles 2:3-4:23 While prayer...

Today’s reading: 1 Kings 7:13-8:61 God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Israel always had a global focus, an inclusion of the Gentiles...

Today’s reading: 1 Samuel 9:1-12:25 Samuel did not allow himself to become distracted from his call to teach Israel God’s law and to pray...

Today’s reading: Deuteronomy 9:7-11:32 Sin should break our hearts. First, our hearts should break in repentance for our own sin. Second,...

Today’s reading: Deuteronomy 3:12-5:33 “Do you fear God? If He is not a God to be feared, He is not a God of power. If He is not a God of...

Today’s reading: Numbers 8:1-10:36 The term “traveling mercies”, though quaint, reflects a dependence on God, similar to that which Moses...

Today’s reading: Genesis 6:1-9:17 Sometimes it seems like God’s providence[1] is intermittent. He can seem to be like a Gandalf, the...

God shows His power in the apparently impossible and hopeless crises of His faithful children who have even been found safe in the lions’...

The gospel teaches us that we can draw near to God confidently because Jesus Christ bore the punishment for our sins. This is what makes...

God is working out a plan to redeem His elect people from all the nations of the earth. We can be confident of His ultimate success and...

The only path to acceptance before God is the way of the Savior, Jesus Christ, who alone can make us righteous. Today’s reading: Isaiah...

Although there are exceptions to the rules given in Proverbs, there are no exceptions to the rule that God is with His people in their...