Before the Eucharist this afternoon, I was hearing the confessions celebrating the sacrament of reconciliation. It occurred to me how these readings of today are very appropriate as a preparation for ...

Now, my guess is that some of us in the church are feeling like those workers and are ready to grumble a bit. It's not really fair, is it, that the ones who work one hour get the same as those who ...

During the Exodus, as God led his covenant people to their homeland, God revealed himself to Moses with the words, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in ...

Have you ever turned to God in prayer asking, ‘What is your will for me?’ Or perhaps you may ask, ‘Can you help me to fulfill the best plan for my future?’ God has called each of us to important tasks ...

In Exodus 34:6–7, we find one of the most glorious truths in the entire Old Testament: “The LORD passed before Moses and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, ...

The psalm response for the First Sunday of Lent sets the tone for the entire season. It is one of the most familiar biblical prayers for divine mercy: “Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; In ...

Why believers shouldn’t throw it away out of embarrassment. For Christians, discomfort with the Old Testament is nothing new. During the second century, Marcion shunned what he saw as the wrathful God ...