Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
Habakkuk protests to God unlike protagonists of Greek classical literature [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
Jeremiah 31:31-34 is part of a collection of hopeful words [...]
Commentary on Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18
Though general wisdom counsels one to preach the text rather [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 1:10-18
When I come to church, I do not usually imagine God covering the divine eyes [...]
Commentary on Job 19:23-27a
The Old Testament text for this Sunday is perhaps most famous because of the exquisite [...]
Commentary on Malachi 4:1-2a
The Hebrew Bible regards these verses as the continuation of Malachi 3, so that the [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 23:1-6
The book of Jeremiah is set during a turbulent period when Babylon twice invaded Judah [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 11:1-10
As with all scripture, this oft-cited prophesy of messianic expectations has been used to paint [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 35:1-10
When the wilderness blooms, when the desert is fertile, it’s as if nature itself sings [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 7:10-16
As preachers, you may be feeling a bit of sermon burnout at this point in [...]
