Commentary on Isaiah 60:1-6
Isaiah 60:1-6 commences with two imperatives, “arise” and “shine,” directed to the City of Zion [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 63:7-9
“It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them.”1 Isaiah seeks to [...]
Commentary on Numbers 6:22-27
The Bible does not come with instructions. When a Christian opens the Bible, literally or [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 62:6-12
It is quite fitting to preach on this text on Christmas day.1 The mood is [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 9:2-7
In difficult times, many of us look for sources and symbols of hope. Sometimes we [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 7:10-16
Here is the promise: God is with us, so that we might live.1 God is [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 35:1-10
One of the great pleasures of proclaiming God’s words from the book of Isaiah is [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 11:1-10
One of the reasons I love preaching from Isaiah is the depth of meanings found [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 2:1-5
Like much of Isaiah 1–39 (sometimes referred to as “First Isaiah”), our verses address a [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 23:1-6
While the term “shepherds” is a particularly agricultural term to us today that we also [...]
