Commentary on Mark 6:14-29
The report of John’s death, Jesus’ mentor (see Mark 1:9), was the end of innocence [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Mark 6:1-13
Before Mark reports John the Baptist’s death, the only story in which Jesus is not [...]
Commentary on Mark 5:21-43
One of Mark’s favorite writing habits is to place two stories in a sandwiched relationship [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:35-41
Jesus stills a storm while on a boat at night with his disciples in Mark [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:26-34
The seed parables of Mark 4:26-34 are mysterious. Yet these parables have an equally tricky [...]
Commentary on Mark 3:20-35
How fitting that 21st-century church-goers should deal with Jesus’ weird apocalyptic teaching on tying up [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-17
Dear Nicodemus, I have a deep admiration for you. I don’t know much about you [...]
Commentary on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Pentecost! A time of being both uprooted and deeply grounded. [...]
Commentary on John 17:6-19
This prayer shows the proximity of the end of Jesus’ ministry. It is as if [...]
Commentary on Luke 24:44-53
Christian churches celebrate Ascension Day on the fortieth day of Easter. Luke 24:51 describes that [...]
