Second Reading

Matthew 28:18-19
Commentary on Revelation 1:4-8

Although the Book of Revelation is the climax of the [...]

John 21:9
Commentary on Revelation 5:11-14

Where can we hear the Lamb’s “new song” (Revelation 5:9) [...]

John 10:27
Commentary on Revelation 7:9-17

Prior to the opening of the dreaded seventh seal, Revelation [...]

John 13:34
Commentary on Revelation 21:1-6

John communicates much of the message of the Book of [...]

John 14:27
Commentary on Revelation 21:10, 22—22:5

The Book of Revelation — and the Bible — reaches [...]

John 17:26
Commentary on Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

The reading today appears to be a random collection of [...]

Acts 2:6
Commentary on Romans 8:14-17

Both culture and translation stand between this significant passage and twenty-first century English-speaking interpreters. I [...]

Psalm 8:4
Commentary on Romans 5:1-5

Paul has explained how God’s righteousness or justice (dikaiosyne) has been revealed through the gospel [...]

Luke 8:32
Commentary on Galatians 3:23-29

When I was beginning graduate biblical studies in the early [...]

Galatians 5:25
Commentary on Galatians 5:1, 13-25

Paul’s message must have struck many as anarchism. He seems [...]