Author: David M. Frye

  • With Hands Full

    “No one shall appear before the LORD empty-handed, but each of you with as much as he can give, in proportion to the blessings which the LORD, your God, has bestowed on you.” (Deuteronomy 16:16b–17, NAB)

  • Hold Fast

    “The LORD, your God, shall you fear and him shall you serve; hold fast to him and swear by his name.” (Deuteronomy 10:20, NAB)

  • After All

    Moses prayed, “They are, after all, your people and your heritage, whom you have brought out by your great power and with your outstretched arm.” (Deuteronomy 9:29, NAB)

  • Not By Bread Alone

    “[God] therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your fathers, in order to show you that not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD.” (Deuteronomy 8:3, NAB)

  • Hear, O Israel

    “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5, NAB)

  • Searching for God

    “Yet there too you shall seek the LORD, your God; and you shall indeed find him when you search after him with your whole heart and your whole soul.” (Deuteronomy 4:29, NAB)

  • What is Your Allotment?

    This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16–17, 2010, for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany. + + + Readings Isaiah 62:1–5 Psalm 36:5–10 (antiphon v. 8) 1 Corinthians 12:1–11 John 2:1–11 + + + Prayer Gracious God, open our eyes to the life-giving…

  • Justification by Faith

    “We are not justified by our wisdom, intelligence, piety, or by any action of ours, however holy, but by faith, the one means by which God has justified men from the beginning.” (St. Clement I, Pope, “Letter to the Corinthians”)

  • Not Proud or Haughty

    “LORD, my heart is not proud; nor are my eyes haughty.” (Psalm 131:1a, NAB)

  • Fear and Wisdom

    “It is the LORD who has made all things, and to those who fear him he gives wisdom.” (Sirach 43:35, NAB)