We do not understand the ways of God, but everything occurs within his will. This is hard to take in with the experience of tragedy and evil in our lives. God's wise government of all things is extensive, infallible, moral and holy. Nothing happens by accident. Yet the purpose of God favors His people.

An official from Herod's court rushes to beg Jesus to heal his son. The man is in earnest. He has made haste to Jesus. Jesus doesn't have to go to the location in his physical presence. He is already there in his divine presence.

Paul reveals the spiritual fight that believers will face and offers words of encouragement.

An exposition of the collect for the 13th Sunday after Trinity.

The collect for the Twelfth Sunday After Trinity extols the marvelous generosity of the Lord. God endues us with more and more than we can conceive. He pours out his goodness unstintingly.

There can come a time when the professing people of God are cast out. In their hearts there is really no desire to know God. They are tramping His courts and filling the places of worship for the sake of appearance and ritual. What is the attraction? The Savior himself or a false gospel speaking to our coziness and apathy in sin that doesn't arouse us to turn to the Lord in heartfelt repentance?

Jonah plunges to the depths and is delivered.

Great and exuberant joy at the birth of our Saviour rests us in Christian merriment.

Where your treasure is, there your heart is. There are many obstructions to experiencing the richness we have in God. For many people, the aim of their life is not clear. Gain in this world or the world to come is what humans are to reckon with. The choice is made by everyone. Where do our desires lie and for what to we strive and pursue? Jesus' parable presents the only richness that never passes away.

Jesus heals ten men with leprosy. Ten go away cleansed; only one, an outsider, returns to give thanks.