Commentary on 1 Kings 8:[1, 6, 10-11] 22-30, 41-43
Like last week’s reading from [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
The Old Testament readings for this week and next week [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33
The tension of this text begins with the enigmatic order [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a
Judgment rings out loud and clear in God’s displeasure, in [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 17:8-16
Chapter 17 of 1 Kings begins a series of stories about the prophet Elijah and [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:1-7
The narrator of 2 Samuel 23:1-7 tells us that these verses contain “the last words [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:4-20
Hannah: The woman who gives voice to suffering When we think about the individuals in [...]
Commentary on Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
This week’s reading concludes the book of Ruth, which was [...]
Commentary on Ruth 1:1-18
The Old Testament readings for this week and next come from Ruth. The selections seem [...]
Commentary on Job 42:1-6, 10-17
We have walked with Job the last few weeks through [...]
