Podcast Episodes

2 Samuel 20; 2 Corinthians 13; Ezekiel 27; Psalms 75–76

In many churches around the world, though comparatively less frequently in North America, the minister at the end of the service will quietly utter t…

1 week, 3 days ago

2 Samuel 19; 2 Corinthians 12; Ezekiel 26; Psalm 74

“I must go on boasting,” Paul writes (2 Cor. 12:1), though of course he has been doing so only in the most ironic way (see yesterday’s meditation and…

1 week, 4 days ago

2 Samuel 18; 2 Corinthians 11; Ezekiel 25; Psalm 73

In the continuing pressure he felt to respond to those who were undermining his authority in Corinth, Paul finds he must “boast” while not “boasting”…

1 week, 5 days ago

2 Samuel 17; 2 Corinthians 10; Ezekiel 24; Psalm 72

There is a great deal of boasting in Western evangelicalism. Some of it is so flagrant that it is repulsive to all serious-minded people. Much of it,…

1 week, 6 days ago

2 Samuel 16; 2 Corinthians 9; Ezekiel 23; Psalms 70–71

Second Corinthians 9 is the second of two consecutive chapters that Paul devotes to the subject of giving.

(1) He resumes with a lovely delicacy (2 C…

2 weeks ago

2 Samuel 15; 2 Corinthians 8; Ezekiel 22; Psalm 69

The longest sustained encouragement in the New Testament to give money is found in 2 Corinthians 8–9. Today I shall reflect on some of the emphases i…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

2 Samuel 14; 2 Corinthians 7; Ezekiel 21; Psalm 68

What a twisted thing sin is. Its motives and machinations are convoluted and perverse.

At one level the account of 2 Samuel 14 is pretty straightforw…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

2 Samuel 13; 2 Corinthians 6; Ezekiel 20; Psalms 66–67

The threat to David’s reign predicted by the prophet Nathan begins with a sordid side-tale that nevertheless betrays exactly what is wrong with David…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

2 Samuel 12; 2 Corinthians 5; Ezekiel 19; Psalms 64–65

In Nathan’s dramatic confrontation with King David (2 Sam. 12), the prophet’s courage was mingled with a formidable sagacity. How else could a prophe…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

2 Samuel 11; 2 Corinthians 4; Ezekiel 18; Psalms 62–63

Here is David at his worst (2 Sam. 11). In the flow of the narrative through 1 and 2 Samuel, it is almost as if adversity brought out the best in Dav…

2 weeks, 5 days ago