Revised Common Lectionary

Matthew 5:4
Commentary on 1 John 3:1-3

First John 3 is a fitting text for All Saints Day. It gives us hope [...]

Matthew 5:4
Commentary on Revelation 7:9-17

Prior to the opening of the dreaded seventh seal, Revelation [...]

Matthew 5:4
Commentary on Psalm 34:1-10, 22

Psalm 34 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving.1 [...]

1 Thessalonians 2:9
Commentary on Matthew 23:1-12

In Matthew 23 we encounter a sustained condemnation of the scribes and Pharisees, placed upon [...]

1 Thessalonians 2:9
Commentary on Joshua 3:7-17

In the first chapter of the book of Joshua, the title character is exhorted four [...]

1 Thessalonians 2:9
Commentary on Psalm 43

Most interpreters today treat Psalms 42 and 43 as one psalm because a number of Hebrew manuscripts [...]

1 Thessalonians 2:9
Commentary on Micah 3:5-12

Lectionary texts are like photographs: when they are cropped and framed in certain ways, our [...]

1 Thessalonians 2:9
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

In my experience, it is rare to hear a preacher [...]

Matthew 25:10
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

The reading for today and the one assigned for next [...]

Matthew 25:10
Commentary on Psalm 70

In a letter dated May 15, 1943, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote to his parents from prison: “I read [...]