Commentary on Luke 9:51-62
This week’s lectionary text provides a range of responses to offer to our congregations as [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
The text assigned for this week begins midway through a [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Two prophets journey together to the Jordan: the hard-bitten spiritual [...]
Commentary on Psalm 16
People are not sure what to think when they are asked questions like, “Do you want to [...]
Commentary on Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Through Christ, we have been set free to serve one [...]
Commentary on Luke 8:26-39
At the outset of Jesus’ ministry, we find him in a synagogue of his hometown [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 65:1-9
Isaiah 65:1–9 bears witness to the ugliness of intra-religious conflict. Along with other texts in [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15a
The account of Elijah’s flight to Horeb follows on the [...]
Commentary on Psalm 22:19-28
Many years ago, I was sitting in a lecture by a Jewish scholar who was [...]
Commentary on Galatians 3:23-29
Contrary to popular Protestant belief, the law is not the [...]