Commentary on Amos 5:18-24
A brilliant ironist, Amos reverses his audience’s expectations at every turn in the book that [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Micah 3:5-12
What would our lives be like without the prophetic word?¹ A life without vision: no [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
On this Reformation Sunday, we hear words of promise from [...]
Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
The Lord’s holiness Leviticus 19 appears in the section of [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 45:1-7
This passage forms a climactic part of the second half of Isaiah (Isaiah 40-66). While [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 25:1-9
This chapter juts out of the bleak landscape of judgment and destruction depicted in the [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7
Isaiah tells of a beloved vineyard, lovingly tended yet gone horribly wrong. Even with devoted [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
This passage raises compelling questions about divine retribution—the notion that [...]
Commentary on Jonah 3:10—4:11
The opening verse of this passage challenges two key beliefs [...]
Commentary on Genesis 50:15-21
The inclusion of Genesis 50:15–21 among the gospel reading from [...]
