Each week, I prepare a song and a few Bible verses to share with the group I meet with in prison, and then I look forward to seeing what God will make of our time together.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? (Psalm 22:1).

Before Jesus spoke these words from the cross, they were spoken by a shepherd boy turned King. When I hear David cry out in anguish these words strike home. While I can’t relate to him as a King and all the strange events in his life, I can empathize with his anguish. At least three of his children have died. Another was raped by her stepbrother. 

Did Old Testament believers understand the promise of eternal life?

One of the greatest joys of my ministry is getting to share the message of the gospel with those who really do not know our gracious God. Oh, they may know about the Lord Jesus, but they do not truly know Him — not as the God of free and faithful grace. 

I have been meeting with John, a WELS member, on a regular basis for a couple of years. When we meet, we often spend the first few minutes just visiting, before we begin our study of God’s Word.

When you have a very personal and very emotional situation in your life, it’s easy to feel isolated and alone – “I need to talk about this, but am I safe to bring it up?” It’s worse when you are afraid that you and God are on opposite sides of the issue. That’s where one man in a prison Bible study found himself stuck.