First Reading

John 20:27
Commentary on Acts 2:14a, 22-32

The first assignment in the course I teach on the [...]

Luke 24:35
Commentary on Acts 2:14a, 36-41

The sermons in Acts are not autonomous, “sage-on-the-stage,” rhetorical performances. [...]

Tetelestai (It is finished)
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

This song of suffering has generated so much controversy over [...]

John 10:3
Commentary on Acts 2:42-47

Three thousand new believers may sound like an evangelist’s dream, but think of the chaos. [...]

Matthew 9:37
Commentary on Exodus 19:2-8a

In Exodus 19, the children of Israel arrive at the beginning place, Mount Sinai.1 Their [...]