Podcast Episodes

Joshua 12-13; Psalm 145; Jeremiah 6; Matthew 20

When we reflected on parts of Psalm 119 (see the meditations for June 22, 25, and 27), we noted that the psalm is an acrostic poem. In the first sect…

1 week, 3 days ago

Joshua 11; Psalm 144; Jeremiah 5; Matthew 19

Verses 12-14 of Psalm 144 picture an idyllic situation in the land: sons and daughters multiplying and healthy, barns filled with produce, cattle fil…

1 week, 4 days ago

Joshua 10; Psalms 142-143; Jeremiah 4; Matthew 18

Psalm 142 should be read in tandem with Psalm 57; both were the product of David’s experience of hiding in a cave while fleeing King Saul. In some wa…

1 week, 5 days ago

Joshua 9; Psalms 140-141; Jeremiah 3; Matthew 17

The account of the Gibeonite deception (Josh. 9) has its slightly amusing elements, as well as its serious point. There are the Israelites, poking ar…

1 week, 6 days ago

Joshua 8; Psalm 139; Jeremiah 2; Matthew 16

There is a perverseness to human thoughts about God that would be risible if it were not so tragic. We find ways to make him small.

A marvelous antid…

2 weeks ago

Joshua 7; Psalms 137-138; Jeremiah 1; Matthew 15

It doesn’t always work like this, of course. Sometimes it is not the case that the sin of one man and his family — in this case Achan — brings defeat…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Joshua 6; Psalms 135-136; Isaiah 66; Matthew 14

Every verse in Psalm 135 quotes or alludes to or is quoted by some other part of Scripture.

Verse 1 reorders the phrasing of Psalm 113:1, putting the…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Joshua 5; Psalms 132-134; Isaiah 65; Matthew 13

Three elements are striking in Joshua 5.

(1) Circumcision is now carried out on all the males that were born during the years of wilderness wandering…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Joshua 4; Psalms 129-131; Isaiah 64; Matthew 12

From out of what kind of “depths” is the psalmist crying in Psalm 130:1? In other psalms the sheer despair of the expression is bound up with treason…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Joshua 3; Psalms 126-128; Isaiah 63; Matthew 11

The first verse of Psalm 127 is often quoted today: “Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” In an age of overpopulation, we l…

2 weeks, 5 days ago