Hearing from Psalm 40 this week gives me yet again a chance to share the song "40" by U2 - a song that has meant a great deal to me in my...

(John the Baptist) saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of...

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,  To the church of God that is in Corinth, to...

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my...

Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s...

For more on God's justice and righteousness, here are the Bible Project guys with one of their great videos giving a picture of just what...

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized...

Peter began to speak to (Cornelius and his household): “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who...

Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due God’s name; worship the Lord in...

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the...

Despite the lyrics of this favorite carol, the men who followed the star to see our Savior, were not kings. There may not have even been...

I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day in the morning....

The holly and the ivy when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood the holly bears the crown. The rising of the...

Sing we now of Christmas Noël, sing we here! Hear our grateful praises To the babe so dear Sing we Noël, the King is born, Noël! Sing we...

O holy night! the stars are brightly shining; It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining,...

I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace of earth, good will to...

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming As men of old have sung. It came, a flower bright,...

In the bleak midwinter frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone: snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,...

Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born While shepherds kept...

Last year in the time between Christmas and New Year's I shared some of my favorite Christmas songs. This year in the same vein, between...