Category: Biblical Devotional

NOTE: I preached this meditation on Sunday, July 4, 2021 at my local church in Pittsburgh. It is now available in my recent book: Millennial People, Boomer Priest: My Year…

The Rev. Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Peggy Noll Note: Twenty-five years ago my wife Peggy and I sensed a call to serve in Uganda at Uganda Christian University. Prior to…

On Easter morning, a grieving but credulous Mary Magdalene saw two Angels seated in the tomb, where the body of Jesus had lain (John 20:12). I conclude my meditations with…

I preached this sermon at Trinity School for Ministry on September 28, 1988. For a subsequent sermon, see “All Things Visible and Invisible.” Lessons for the DayRevelation 12Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 You…

Note: the following five meditations on George Herbert’s sonnet “Prayer,” with commentary by  Dennis Lennon, Turning the Diamond, were first posted during Lent 2020. I have compiled them serially in…

It may be fairly said that 2 Timothy 3:16 — “all Scripture is inspired by God” — is the mother of all proof-texts because it brings to legitimate birth the…

Shakespeare’s heroine Portia, decked in judicial robes, is acclaimed "a Daniel come to judgment.” Will Amy Coney Barrett be an Esther come to judgment?

Last year, I wrote a couple reflections on the events that occurred in Washington, DC., on January 6, 2021. I am attaching one of them, “The Office: The Lack and…

Sermon Preached at Redeemer Anglican Church, Bellevue September 12, 2021 – Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost So this is the final sermon on the Apostles’ Creed. We’ve reached the end. And…