Commentary on Hebrews 5:5-10
Presumably, the lectionary intends the church to sit with and contemplate this image of the [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Psalm 51:1-12
Psalm 51 is, by any measure, one of the best-known and most often read penitential [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
“You’ve got to have heart.” – Coach Jimmy McGinty, The [...]
Commentary on John 12:20-33
As we near Holy Week, we arrive in Jerusalem with Jesus in the Gospel of [...]
Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10
The second chapter of the letter to the Ephesians begins [...]
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
The appointed psalm comprises two sections of the lengthy song [...]
Commentary on Numbers 21:4-9
Reality bites.1 The book of Numbers from the Hebrew Bible is not well-represented in the [...]
Commentary on John 3:14-21
Jesus remains in Jerusalem in John 3:1-21, not leaving until verse 22 when he returns [...]
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Given Paul’s letters’ dense theological ideas, preachers often find it [...]
Commentary on Psalm 19
It was a beautiful September day in Iowa and a group of students had gathered on one [...]
