The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he…

      let Israel now say—              2       “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,        yet they have not prevailed against me.              3       The plowers plowed upon my back;        they made long their furrows.”              4       The LORD is righteous;        he has cut the cords of the wicked.              5       May all…

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,        and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,                    the notable men of the first of the nations,        to whom the house of Israel comes! When I watch golf or tennis on television, I often see commercials for financial advisors featuring middle aged people in smiling contentment as if…

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. I have often wondered if the prophets had any inkling what God inspired them to write…

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.  In Norman Rockwell’s painting The Rookie, a young baseball player walks into the Red Sox clubhouse…

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. “The only good so-and-so is a dead so-and-so.” Fill in the nationality of your choice and you are a member of the sinful human race with billions…