I began this blog last December (2020) as an exercise extended from my personal devotions, which were going to be an exploration of...

We're still inhabiting the Christmas season, in between the Western world's celebration of Christmas, and the eastern Orthodox...

Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! Have you ever begged God to just do...

Earlier (see https://www.isaiahfortoday.com/post/future-promises), I mused on God's promises in light of present realities. Are the...

I struggled reading Isaiah 62 a little. This chapter is on the "vindication and salvation of Zion," according to the NRSV title for this...

For Christians, Isaiah 61 is famous because Jesus reading the Isaiah scroll at the synagogue in Nazareth is one of the opening moments of...

Isaiah 60 starts the beautiful conclusion to the book of Isaiah: the coming kingdom of the Messiah. And it kick-starts with a powerful...

Isaiah 59 is the perfect sermon. It begins with a "hook"-- Do you think that suffering and injustice occurs because God is unable to do...

Isaiah 58 continues God's pointed comments against God's chosen people, leaders and everyday folks included. The overall outline of the...

It's been heart-breaking over the past few years to see social media posts of friends mourning the loss of loved ones due to COVID or...

Isaiah is definitely a favorite book of reference for the New Testament figures, including Jesus. Christ famously overturned the tables...

For the past few years, I've tended to go on a major shopping spree on my birthday. I'm not a big clothes shopper and I don't really like...

It's been a rough couple of years, and yet there are beautiful moments of hope and strength intermixed with the difficulty. I've blogged...

I had the opportunity recently to sing in an alumni choir at my alma mater. One of the songs we performed, "Lift Up the Cross," has a...

Anyone familiar with the famous modern hymn, Our God Reigns, has seen these words, which are originally from Isaiah 52:7: How beautiful...

"What is wrong with the American Christian church and how can its witness and ministry be renewed?" asks pastor Tim Keller in the opening...

I've been encouraged lately by the stories of people experiencing severe illness and yet overcoming physical limitations to exude joy and...

It all hinges on God's love. In moments of darkness and doubt, one can either abandon faith or start going through the motions of a...

Pretty much every parent knows the art of repetition. And the more important something is, the more it gets repeated. So, when I find...

I have a friend who, when we visited him and his wife, my young daughter got a kick out of torturing. When she was maybe six or seven,...