Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

This second part of 1 Corinthians 12 echoes many of [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 19

Epiphany and the days surrounding it celebrate the “appearance” or “manifestation” (the meaning of the name’s Greek [...]

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Emerging out of a holiday season of gift giving, the [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 36:5-10

Psalm 36:5-10 contains some of the most beautiful language of any psalm in the Psalter, [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 62:1-5

The opening verses of Isaiah 62 contain a hope of a land fully embraced and [...]

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Commentary on John 2:1-11

When we think of Jesus’ miracles, we usually think of him helping those in desperate [...]

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Commentary on Acts 8:14-17

If we pull together various baptism passages from the New Testament, a picture starts to [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 29

Psalm 29 is a hymn that praises God as ruler of the universe. Like other hymns, this [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 43:1-7

Isaiah 43 is simultaneously a comforting passage describing God’s redemptive love for Israel, and a [...]

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Commentary on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

What role might the actions of posing questions, nurturing kinship [...]