The Wonder of God’s PresencePsalm 139“O Lord, you have searched me and known me.”When we think of God, even though we affirm his presence, we often think of him as remote and distant.  We think of God...  Read More

The Blessing of God’s ForgivenessPsalm 32“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.’There is nothing more vexing than a guilty conscience.  When we have sinned and viola...  Read More

The Beauty of the LordPsalm 27“One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:  that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to medi...  Read More

The Self-Revelation of God.Psalm 19The Heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.”The irony is that what God reveals, man conceals.  In Psalm 19, Da...  Read More

The God who Delivers.Psalm 13“How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?  How long will You hide Your face from me?”It is one thing to praise God in the blessings of life, but how do you praise God...  Read More

The Basis for WisdomJob 34-42“Surely, God will not act wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.”Elihu is an enigma.  He appears in the story without introduction and speaks as a youth who ...  Read More

The danger of Human reason.Job 20“I listen to the reproof which insults me, and the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.”Zophar was a man who was confident he had all the correct answers and al...  Read More

The Danger of TraditionJob 8“Please inquire of past generations and consider the things searched out by their fathers.After Job rejects Eliphaz’s theology of experience, Bildad is the next to speak.  ...  Read More

Theology Based Upon Experience.Job 4“Now when Jobs three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him…they made an appointment together to come and sympathize with him and comfort him.”T...  Read More

Affirming Trust in the Midst of ConfusionJob 1“Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.”When Job awoke in the morning, everything in his life revealed the blessing of God.  He was enjoyi...  Read More

The Divine ConductorEsther 6-10“For Mordecai, the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who s...  Read More

When Faith OvercomesEsther 4:15-5:8“And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”Fear paralyzes, but faith empowers.  When Mordecai first appealed t...  Read More