Commentary on Matthew 5:1-12
When Jesus has preached such a transformative sermon, what do we have to add? After [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Matthew 5:13-20
At this point, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount turns to quotidian imagery. Salt. Cities. Light. [...]
Commentary on Matthew 5:21-37
The Sermon on the Mount only turns up the theological pressure as we turn to [...]
Commentary on Matthew 17:1-9
Three weeks on the Sermon on the Mount led us to yet another mountain, this [...]
Commentary on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Ash Wednesday each year sets before us the gifts of [...]
Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11
We know this scene too well. Matthew puts Jesus in “the wilderness” immediately after his [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-17
In John 2-4, the evangelist teaches the universal possibility of a journey of believing. Two [...]
Commentary on John 4:5-42
In John 2-4, the Evangelist teaches the universal possibility of a journey of believing. Two [...]
Commentary on John 9:1-41
This story, filled with strange conflicted sayings, involves a healer who gives a blind man [...]
Commentary on John 11:1-45
A close friend nearing death and the dry bones of a nation command our attention [...]