Alternate First Reading

Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25

Isaiah invites us into a theological vision of what life can be for God’s faithful [...]

Commentary on Haggai 1:15b-2:9

The co-temporal prophets Haggai and Zechariah mark a shift in [...]

Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

When have the sainted people to whom you preach ever [...]

Commentary on Joel 2:23-32

The prophet Joel writes in response to an ecological disaster, a plague of locusts that [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 31:27-34

The promise of a “new covenant” in this passage may [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7

It was for all intents and purposes the end of [...]

Commentary on Lamentations 1:1-6

National tragedies threaten to render communities speechless. The collective grief [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

Hope often comes in the middle of judgment. Belief and [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 8:18—9:1

Self-righteous judgment among humans, while all too common in today’s [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28

Many preachers avoid topics like divine judgment. One can understand [...]