Longing for God The fact that all humans were created by God suggests that we all have an emptiness within us that can only be filled by God. Some of us,...

Embracing Strangers In our text today, Solomon intercedes for the foreigner who has come to be in Israel because of the reputation of the Lord. The reputation of the God of...

Trust God’s Faithfulness Faithfulness is something that many people struggle with. From the beginning of my spiritual journey, I have tried to be faithful. Because of this, I automatically assume that...

God Covers Us In today’s reading (and preceding verses), King Solomon, the leaders and elders of the people, the priests and Levites have brought the ark of the covenant from the...

In the Presence of God King Solomon has followed through on fulfilling the directive of the Lord to build the temple that his father, David, had designed but could not build...

In this passage, Jesus draws heavily on the story from Exodus of manna in the desert. As the disciples press Jesus to give them concrete evidence of his identity, they point...

The language of Holy Communion is familiar to most Christians today. But in this passage, the disciples are understandably confused. Leading up to this moment, the disciples are pestering Jesus to...

Ephesians was written to an audience of Gentiles. The Ephesians weren’t familiar with Jewish law codes, so this letter introduces them to the concepts of faithfulness and obedience. This particular passage...

In verse 6 of this psalm, one way God has shown faithfulness is by giving the Israelites the “heritage of the nations.” Initially, this seems like a strange gift. The word...

This psalm of praise and thanksgiving begins with an invocation: “Praise the Lord!” The psalmist then spends several stanzas reflecting on God’s deeds and promises, evidence of why God is praiseworthy....