Gospel

Matthew 17:4
Commentary on Matthew 17:1-9

Three weeks on the Sermon on the Mount led us to yet another mountain, this [...]

Matthew 6:21
Commentary on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Ash Wednesday each year sets before us the gifts of [...]

Matthew 4:2
Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11

We know this scene too well. Matthew puts Jesus in “the wilderness” immediately after his [...]

John 3:8
Commentary on John 3:1-17

In John 2-4, the evangelist teaches the universal possibility of a journey of believing. Two [...]

John 4:15
Commentary on John 4:5-42

In John 2-4, the Evangelist teaches the universal possibility of a journey of believing. Two [...]

John 9:11
Commentary on John 9:1-41

This story, filled with strange conflicted sayings, involves a healer who gives a blind man [...]

John 11:43-44
Commentary on John 11:1-45

A close friend nearing death and the dry bones of a nation command our attention [...]

Matthew 27:11
Commentary on Matthew 27:11-54

The Gospel reading for Passion Sunday offers the preacher an [...]

John 13:5
Commentary on John 13:1-17, 31b-35

John’s story of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples [...]

Romans 6:5
Commentary on Matthew 28:1-10

Matthew’s resurrection story contrasts the life-giving power of God with death-dealing human authority.1 [Looking for [...]