Insert Latest Blog Posts on Static Home Page?

For starters, I’m a complete newb with WP. No surprise. I’m rather frustrated because I do not know how to implement a loop to post the most recent blog posts on the page. I’m not looking for a list of just the titles. I would like to have the heading, date, article teaser, read more link, etc.

I’m using a Naked WordPress Theme template and it comes with a ‘page-home.php’ template. I don’t know if I’m missing something on how to integrate a loop?

I don’t have the site live, but could use some pointers on how I can integrate a loop for blog posts, or if someone can guide me in the right direction?

My ‘page-home.php’ code:

<?php
/**
 * 	Template Name: Sidebar/Home Page
 *
 *	This page template has a sidebar built into it,
 * 	and can be used as a home page, in which case the title will not show up.
 *
*/
get_header(); // This fxn gets the header.php file and renders it ?>
	<div id="primary" class="row-fluid">
		<div id="content" role="main" class="span8">
			<?php if ( have_posts() ) :
			// Do we have any posts/pages in the databse that match our query?
			?>

				<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
				// If we have a page to show, start a loop that will display it
				?>

					<article class="post">

						<?php if (!is_front_page()) : // Only if this page is NOT being used as a home page, display the title ?>
							<h1 class='title'>
								<?php the_title(); // Display the page title ?>
							</h1>
						<?php endif; ?>

						<div class="the-content">
							<?php the_content();
							// This call the main content of the page, the stuff in the main text box while composing.
							// This will wrap everything in paragraph tags
							?>

							<?php wp_link_pages(); // This will display pagination links, if applicable to the page ?>
						</div><!-- the-content -->

					</article>

				<?php endwhile; // OK, let's stop the page loop once we've displayed it ?>

			<?php else : // Well, if there are no posts to display and loop through, let's apologize to the reader (also your 404 error) ?>

				<article class="post error">
					<h1 class="404">You have received this message in error</h1>
				</article>

			<?php endif; // OK, I think that takes care of both scenarios (having a page or not having a page to show) ?>
		</div><!-- #content .site-content -->
		<!-- <div id="sidebar" role="sidebar" class="span4">
			<?php get_sidebar(); // This will display whatever we have written in the sidebar.php file, according to admin widget settings ?>
		</div>#sidebar -->
	</div><!-- #primary .content-area -->
    </div>
<?php get_footer(); // This fxn gets the footer.php file and renders it ?>

Thank you.