Commentary on Malachi 3:1-4
Familiar to many from its use in Handel’s Messiah, this passage from Malachi speaks of [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Philippians 1:3-11
“Friendship is essential to the soul.” This is the motto [...]
Commentary on Luke 3:1-6
Note to the preacher: since the lectionary splits Luke’s account of John the Baptist’s ministry between the [...]
Commentary on Luke 21:25-36
Advent is a season that messes with our sense of time. While we typically live [...]
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Love epitomizes all social obligations. This may be the “take [...]
Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10
Psalm 25:1-10 appears three times in the Revised Common Lectionary: in ordinary time (Proper 21), [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-16
On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the [...]
Commentary on Revelation 1:4b-8
The book of Revelation, called in Greek the Apocalypse, exercises [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:1-7
Whether these “last words” of David were spoken by the king himself or composed by [...]
Commentary on John 18:33-37
Jesus’ kingship begins with the opening verse of the gospel of John: “In the beginning [...]
