The Providence of God

Wait for It

Habakkuk 2:1-3

When History Hinged

Or, The Birth of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-7

Joy on Schedule

Or, Setting Ourselves Reminders to Trust in the Lord

Esther 9:20-10:3

A Fight for Their Lives

Or, The Very Day to the Contrary

Esther 9:1-19

Light and Gladness

Or, The Art of the Decree

Esther 8:1-17

A Foe and Enemy

Or, Haman Hangs Himself

Esther 7:1-10

Little Did He Know

Or, Haman's Special Day

Esther 6:1-14

Providential Nerve

Or, Letting the Wicked Man Dig His Pit

Esther 5:1-14

Consecrated Agency

Or, For Such a Time as This

Esther 4:1-17

Lots of Destruction

Or, A One-man Genocidal Lobby

Esther 2:19-3:15

The Royal Crown

Or, Fit to Please a King

Esther 2:1-18

Vast Contempt

Or, The Law of Royal Vanity

Esther 1:13-22

Ballyhoo and Banquets

Or, Setting Up a Story of Providence

Esther 1:1-12

Keep Heart (Pt 2)

Or, There Is No Time to Faint

2 Thessalonians 3:13

The Holy City

Or, Ins and Outs of God's Promises

Nehemiah 11:1-36

Reported Among the Nations (Pt 2)

Or, Not Doing Liars’ Work for Them

Nehemiah 6:10-19

A Mind to Work

Or, How Haters Help the Whole-hearted

Nehemiah 4:1-6

Let Us Build (Pt 1)

Or, Decisive Requests and Rallying for Good Work

Nehemiah 2:1-10

A Big Ask

Or, Steadfast Love That Spurs Risk

Nehemiah 1:1-11

No Invisible Hand

Or, A Witness to God's Good for His People and House

Ezra 8:1-36

It's in Your Hands

Or, The Secretary’s Delegated Powers for Whatever

Ezra 7:11-28

Building by the Book

Or, The Secretary of Cultural Reformation

Ezra 7:1-10

Allegiance and Advantages (Pt 2)

Or, To Build and Prosper Under the Eye of God

Ezra 6:1-22

Allegiance and Advantages (Pt 1)

Or, To Build and Prosper Under the Eye of God

Ezra 5:1-17

Cease and Discouraged

Or, The Continuity of Conflict

Ezra 4:1-24

Based Worship

Or, The Sound Heard Far Away

Ezra 3:1-13

Making the List

Or, Documenting a New Chapter

Ezra 2:1-70

Stirred Up

Or, God Moves in Political Ways

Ezra 1:1-11

For Such a Time as This

Or, The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength

Ezra 1:1

A Framework of Faith

Or, The Just Shall Sing Psalms

Habakkuk 3:1-15

Faith Enfleshed

Or, The Just Shall Live in Tension

Habakkuk 2:2-5

Ruin Not Revival

Or, The Surprising Side of History

Habakkuk 1:5-11

Hands Held Out

Or, How Israel Fulfilled Prophecy by Refusing to Believe It

Romans 10:18-21

The Great Pastor

Or, Following the Lord and Being Followed All the Days of Our Lives

Psalm 23:1-6

The Nunc Dimittis

Or, A Christmas Call to Consolation

Luke 2:21-38

How Time Flies

Or, A Lot of Rejoicing

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Lawful to Heal

Or, A Kuyperian Hot Take on Western Medicine

Selected

Hindsight is 2020

Or, A Year of Groaning Considered as the Basis for Convinced Optimism in 2021 and Beyond

Romans 8:18-39

Exiled into the Hand of God

Or, Sinners in the Hand of a Good God

Selected Scriptures

Behind Open Doors

Or, Who Is Helping Who?

1 Corinthians 16:5-12

Come Together

Or, More Harm, and Good, at the Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-22

Suffering as a Christian

1 Peter 4:12-19

Meant for Good

Or, Joseph’s Place in God’s Plan for Israel

Genesis 50:1-26

In Days to Come

Or, Jacob’s Prophetic Blessings on His Twelve Tribes

Genesis 49:1-33

A Byword of Blessing

Or, Jacob Gave Joseph Far More Than He Could See

Genesis 48:1-22

You Have Saved Our Lives

Or, How Joseph Brought Blessing to All the Land of Egypt

Genesis 47:1-31

Making a Great Nation

Or, The Start of Israel’s Sojourn in Egypt

Genesis 46:1-34

God Sent Me Before You

Or, Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

Genesis 45:1-28

When True Repentance Takes Place

Or, Joseph’s Final Test of His Brothers

Genesis 44:1-34

Coming to Terms

Or, Joseph’s Brothers Are at His Mercy

Genesis 43:1-34

There Comes a Reckoning

Or, When Joseph’s Brothers Could Ignore Their Sin No More

Genesis 42:1-38

Fixed by God (Pt 2)

Or, Joseph’s Rise from Prisoner to Prime Minister

Genesis 41:37-57

Fixed by God (Pt 1)

Or, Joseph’s Rise from Prisoner to Prime Minister

Genesis 41:1-36

A Matter of Interpretation

Or, A Place Where Dreams Come True

Genesis 40:1-23

Unlikely Success

Or, Joseph’s Favor in the Sight of His Lord

Genesis 39:1-23

Interrelated Interruptions

Or, How Tamar Got Judah’s Goat After All

Genesis 38:1-30

Evil Intentions

Or, Hate Is Thicker Than Blood

Genesis 37:2-36

A Land Away

Or, Your Father Was an Edomite

Genesis 36:1-37:1

Ups and Downs

Or, Jacob’s Return to the God of Bethel

Genesis 35:1-29

There Is Always a Price

Or, The High Cost of Dishonorable Conduct

Genesis 34:1-31

Finding Favor

Or, Jacob and Esau’s Short Reunion

Genesis 33:1-20

Facing His Fear

Or, Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 32:1-32

Stealing Away (Pt 2)

Or, When the Putter-On Acts Put Upon

Genesis 31:36-55

Stealing Away (Pt 1)

Or, When the Putter-On Acts Put Upon

Genesis 31:1-35

Spotting Grace

Or, Provision for Jacob’s Household

Genesis 30:25-43

Fruit of the Wombs

Or, A Race of Envy

Genesis 29:31-30:24

More Than He Bargained For

And, More Courtship Cliches

Genesis 29:1-30

Jacob's Special Place

Or, God’s Presence and Promise in Exile

Genesis 28:10-22

Mixed Intentions (Pt 1)

Or, Four Deceiving Angles on Divine Blessing

Genesis 27:1-29

Blessings in Context

Or, How Grace Enables Our Dependence Rather Than Removes Our Need for It

Genesis 26:1-35

Defining Choices

Or, Divine Election, Parental Favoritism, Sibling Rivalry, and Personal Sin

Genesis 25:19-34

A Promising Match (Pt 2)

Or, The Thing Has Come from the Lord

Genesis 24:29-67

A Promising Match (Pt 1)

Or, The Thing Has Come from the Lord

Genesis 24:1-28

The Making of a Calvinist

Genesis 50:20

Grounds of Possession

Or, A Place to Bury His Own

Genesis 23:1-20

A Time to Laugh

Or, Conflicts of Interest When Things Were Going Well

Genesis 21:1-34

Double Jeopardy

Or, How God Providentially Protected a Prophet from a King and a King by a Prophet

Genesis 20:1-18

Fire and Brimstone

Or, The Ruins of Moral Corruption and Compromise

Genesis 19:1-38

Against All Odds

Nehemiah 1-6

A God of Seeing (Pt 2)

Or, Faith versus the Culturally Reasonable

Genesis 16:7-16

A God of Seeing (Pt 1)

Or, Faith versus the Culturally Reasonable

Genesis 16:1-6

What Good Will We Do

Or, Commendation and Calling in Trying Times

1 Peter 4:17-19

That's a Rout

Or, When Kings Can’t Hold Their Own

Genesis 14:1-16

A Famine of Faith

Or, Unbelief Only Makes a Tough Situation Tougher

Genesis 12:10-20

God Is Sovereign

Selected Scriptures

Overarching Grace

Or, God's Unconditionally Common Covenant

Genesis 9:8-17

Wait for It

Or, God's Mercy Is Always in Time

Genesis 8:1-22

The Waters Prevailed

Or, A Flood of Reasons for World-Wide Disaster

Genesis 7:17-24

The Rain Came Down

Or, The Floods Came Up

Genesis 7:1-16

The Roots of Relief (Pt 2)

Or, Life and Death Before the Flood

Genesis 5:1-32

One Story to Rule Them All (Pt 1)

Or, Not Your Grandma's Flannelgraph

Genesis

Every Disciple's Destiny

Or, Glorifying God When Things Get Out of Hand

John 21:18-23

Further Revelation

Or, Coming to the Point in the Book for Life

John 21:1-14

Clear as Mud

Or, What God Wants Us to See

John 9:1-7

Living on Unseen Things

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Preparing for a Rainy Day

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

Expect the Unexpected

Ecclesiastes 9:11-12

A Time for Every Matter

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8