Logo
Search
Login
Sign Up
Logo

Bible Study

Bible Study

+1

He Will Finish What He Started

Aug 30, 2026

•

3 min read

He Will Finish What He Started

Paul writes the most joyful letter of his life from a prison cell — and stakes that joy on a promise: the One who began the good work in you will complete it

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

A Name for Ourselves

Aug 26, 2026

•

3 min read

A Name for Ourselves

Humanity gathers on a plain to build a tower to heaven and make a name for itself — and God comes down, scatters the proud, and later makes a great name of His own choosing

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

Standing Is the Victory

Aug 23, 2026

•

3 min read

Standing Is the Victory

The whole armor of God, the real enemy, and the surprise that the goal isn't to conquer — it's to remain standing

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

Start Here: An Eleven-Week Walk Through Ephesians

Aug 23, 2026

•

2 min read

Start Here: An Eleven-Week Walk Through Ephesians

The complete Ordinary Means study of Paul's letter to the Ephesians, in order — from God's eternal choice to a tired Christian standing in his armor

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

The War-Bow in the Clouds

Aug 19, 2026

•

3 min read

The War-Bow in the Clouds

After the flood, God hangs His bow in the sky — and a warrior's bow, hung up, is a weapon laid down: the sign of a one-sided covenant of peace

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

A Sermon Without Words

Aug 16, 2026

•

3 min read

A Sermon Without Words

Paul says the Christian household isn't off to the side of the gospel — it's a living picture of it

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

The LORD Shut Him In

Aug 12, 2026

•

3 min read

The LORD Shut Him In

The same waters that drowned a violent world carried one family safely through — judgment and rescue in a single act, which Peter says corresponds to baptism

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

It Sounds Like Singing

Aug 9, 2026

•

3 min read

It Sounds Like Singing

Paul says the Spirit-filled life doesn't look like spectacle — it looks like a congregation singing, giving thanks, and deferring to one another

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

The Refrain That Broke

Aug 5, 2026

•

3 min read

The Refrain That Broke

A genealogy tolls "and he died" eight times like a slow bell — and then, at the seventh name, the refrain breaks: Enoch walked with God, and was not, for God took him

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

A Change of Clothes

Aug 2, 2026

•

3 min read

A Change of Clothes

Paul says the Christian life is taking off the old self and putting on the new — not once, but every single day

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

A Better Blood

Jul 29, 2026

•

3 min read

A Better Blood

The first death in the Bible is a murder, and the victim's blood cries out from the ground for justice — until a better blood is shed that speaks a better word

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

The Quiet Virtues

Jul 26, 2026

•

3 min read

The Quiet Virtues

After three chapters of glory, Paul says the high calling is walked out in humility, gentleness, patience — and putting up with each other

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

The First Gospel

Jul 22, 2026

•

4 min read

The First Gospel

The saddest chapter in the Bible is also the chapter where the gospel is first preached — to a serpent, in the hearing of two hiding sinners: the seed of the woman who will crush his head

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

There Are No Insignificant Christians

Jul 19, 2026

•

3 min read

There Are No Insignificant Christians

Paul says the ordinary Sunday gathering is the theater where God's wisdom is displayed to the watching powers of heaven

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

The Bride from His Side

Jul 15, 2026

•

3 min read

The Bride from His Side

A bride drawn from the opened side of a sleeping Adam — the oldest picture in the world of Christ and His Church

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

The Wall Is Down

Jul 12, 2026

•

3 min read

The Wall Is Down

There was a real wall in the temple, with a death sentence carved into it — and Christ tore it down

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

The Word Was a Person

Jul 8, 2026

•

3 min read

The Word Was a Person

God created by speaking — not by struggle or violence like the pagan gods — and the Word He spoke turns out to be a Person: the One through whom all things were made

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

But God

Jul 5, 2026

•

3 min read

But God

The bleakest diagnosis in Scripture, interrupted by the two most important words Paul ever wrote

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

Christ at Verse One

Jul 1, 2026

•

3 min read

Christ at Verse One

What kind of book is Genesis? The seedbed of the whole Bible — and, if you read with risen eyes, Christ is in it from the very first verse

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

A Prayer to See

Jun 28, 2026

•

3 min read

A Prayer to See

Paul's first prayer for the Ephesians asks not for new blessings, but for eyes to see the ones they already have

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

We Had Hoped

Jun 24, 2026

•

3 min read

We Had Hoped

Two disciples on the Emmaus road had every fact — even the empty tomb — and still could not see Christ, until the risen Lord opened the Scriptures and broke the bread

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

He Chose You First

Jun 21, 2026

•

3 min read

He Chose You First

Paul opens Ephesians with the longest sentence in the Bible — twelve verses of pure gift, written so you would remember

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

+1

Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

Jun 17, 2026

•

3 min read

Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

A new series begins — The Things Concerning Himself — reading the Old Testament the way Luther read it: as a book that is, from its very first verse, about Christ

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

+1

A Letter for Ordinary Times

Jun 13, 2026

•

3 min read

A Letter for Ordinary Times

Paul, his prison, and a letter written for the long, unspectacular life of the Church

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ordinary Means

Confessional Lutheran teaching for lay teachers and weary evangelicals.

© 2026 Ordinary Means.
beehiivPowered by beehiiv