Commentary on John 12:20-33
Matters of life and death have a way of focusing one’s attention. It has not [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
In the first chapter of this book six verbs define [...]
Commentary on Psalm 51:1-12
A single voice speaks to us in this text. Its words ring of agony, pain, [...]
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Psalm 107:1 will always have a very special place in [...]
Commentary on Numbers 21:4-9
“You have lacked nothing!” (Deuteronomy 2:7). Surely this is a late pious endeavor to cover [...]
Commentary on John 3:14-21
The central verse in this passage is perhaps the best known Bible verse in the [...]
Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10
This text presents the immeasurable nature of God’s grace which [...]
Commentary on John 2:13-22
As the synoptic gospels have it, Jesus symbolically cleanses the temple in Jerusalem as he [...]
Commentary on Exodus 20:1-17
Biblical law remains on the front pages, both in church and society. One thinks of [...]
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
In this text Paul is not seeking to answer age [...]