Gospel

Toddler reaching hand into puddle
Commentary on Mark 9:30-37

Last week’s Gospel lection, Mark 8:27-38, jabbed three sharp barbs: Jesus’ prediction of his suffering, [...]

Cross alongside road on mountain pass
Commentary on Mark 8:27-38

Brother, afar from your Savior today, Risking your soul for the things that decay, Oh, [...]

Elder adults sitting together on boardwalk
Commentary on Mark 7:24-37

Mark has juxtaposed stories in 7:24-30 and 7:31-37 as mirror images of each other. Both [...]

Dear standing in forest
Commentary on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

At least one part of this passage is straightforward, although [...]

Stay Awhile sign on bookshelf
Commentary on John 6:56-69

Structurally, complaints or quarrels supply a punctuation mark between subsections of this text (for example, [...]

dried fish on a board
Commentary on John 6:51-58

In this section of the Bread Discourse, the dispute “chews” on Jesus’ flesh. Was this [...]

hands clasped in mutuality
Commentary on John 6:35, 41-51

The reading begins with one of the most well-known “I [...]

Silhouetted figures on hill at sunset
Commentary on John 6:24-35

Our narrator hints that even though the crowd “finds” Jesus, they don’t comprehend who he [...]

bread baked with crosses on top
Commentary on John 6:1-21

Our narrator places the Bread Discourse in the middle of the Book of Signs (John [...]

hooded figure alone on boardwalk
Commentary on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

The disciples return from the mission (Mark 6:30-31) Mark reported [...]