Commentary on Esther 4:1-17
Esther, one of the two books in the Hebrew Bible named after a woman, is [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:2-4; 3:[3b-6] 17-19
I suspect that very few [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; then 2:1-4
Isaiah 2 opens with an [...]
Commentary on Micah [1:3-5]; 5:2-5a; 6:6-8
The message of Micah, a prophet working in the late [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-15a
The story of Naaman’s healing from leprosy in 2 Kings 5 begins in an unusual [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 3:4-9 [10-15] 16-28
The wisdom of Solomon is legendary, both in the biblical [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27; 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-9
Until this point in his [...]
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-15 [16-26]
For preachers and congregations following the Narrative Lectionary week by [...]
Commentary on Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17
Three aspects of God’s recurring promises to Israel’s ancestors in [...]
Commentary on Exodus 14:5-7, 10-14, 21-29
Exodus 14 recounts one of the most famous events in [...]