Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Isaiah 58:1-12

This is a message important enough to shout, to sound the trumpet/ram’s horn in accompaniment. [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 51:1-17

This psalm is a prayer of penitence, confession, remorse, owning mistakes made, and seeking a [...]

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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

Ash Wednesday is grounded in two theological claims that stretch [...]

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Commentary on Luke 9:28-36 [37-43a]

Coming at the end of the Epiphany season, this passage [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 34:29-35

When Moses comes down from meeting with God on Mount Sinai, the text repeatedly notes [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 99

Psalm 99 is one of a small set of psalms that exuberantly proclaim the countercultural message that [...]

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Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:12—4:2

This passage is all about hope. But when Paul speaks [...]

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Commentary on Luke 6:27-38

These verses continue Jesus’ teaching that put us hearers on a level plain/playing field (verse [...]

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Commentary on Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Siblings fight. In the book of Genesis, the violence can [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40

The issue at the center of Psalm 37 concerns the [...]