Second Reading

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 [...]

Luke 10:5
Commentary on Galatians 6:[1-6] 7-16

The final chapter of Galatians ties closely to what has [...]

Luke 10:34
Commentary on Colossians 1:1-14

This week begins a series of four readings from Colossians [...]

Genesis 18:6
Commentary on Colossians 1:15-28

The second in a four-part series on Colossians, this text [...]