Because of their lyrical construction and the fact that they are often set as poetry, these verses are generally considered to be a hymn, likely a hymn written before Paul composed...

The point of persevering against an adversary is not to support our opinion of what is best, at least if we want to follow Isaiah’s thought. It is about conveying the...

We begin our journey to Palm Sunday with Psalm 31, a psalm attributed to David. Surely the fear that King David felt in the moments he stood before the giant Goliath...

As we come full circle to our pilgrimage psalm, it is worth rereading, and even memorizing, as it shows us how to wait actively, how to journey toward God in and...

Paul contrasts two ways of living: a life based on selfishness and a life based on the Spirit. Paul is talking about mindset, how we focus or govern our minds. The...

When Jesus arrives in Bethany, Martha comes to meet him. Though she confronts him by saying that Lazarus would not have died had he been there, she affirms her faith that...

God commands Ezekiel to prophesy over the dry bones, and he does. But at the end of the great noise and quaking, when sinews join bones, flesh is added, and skin...

Even the best action movies cannot compete with the awe-inspiring vision of Ezekiel. A valley filled with bones like the wasteland of a battlefield, the noise and quaking as the bones...

The story of the raising of Lazarus continues beyond these verses, but it is worth dwelling on these scenes before the event. Jesus and the disciples are staying on the other...

The psalms are the songs of the Israelites, and this psalm, part of the Songs of Ascent (Pss. 120-134) most likely functioned as a pilgrimage song for people journeying toward Jerusalem...