Commentary on 1 John 3:1-3
First John 3 is a fitting text for All Saints Day. It gives us hope [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Revelation 7:9-17
Prior to the opening of the dreaded seventh seal, Revelation [...]
Commentary on Psalm 34:1-10, 22
Psalm 34 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving.1 [...]
Commentary on Matthew 23:1-12
In Matthew 23 we encounter a sustained condemnation of the scribes and Pharisees, placed upon [...]
Commentary on Joshua 3:7-17
In the first chapter of the book of Joshua, the title character is exhorted four [...]
Commentary on Psalm 43
Most interpreters today treat Psalms 42 and 43 as one psalm because a number of Hebrew manuscripts [...]
Commentary on Micah 3:5-12
Lectionary texts are like photographs: when they are cropped and framed in certain ways, our [...]
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
In my experience, it is rare to hear a preacher [...]
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
The reading for today and the one assigned for next [...]
Commentary on Psalm 70
In a letter dated May 15, 1943, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote to his parents from prison: “I read [...]
