Commentary on Luke 4:1-13
Before anything else, we must get clear about the characters in this scene. There is [...]
Before anything else, we must get clear about the characters in this scene. There is [...]
These two interconnected scenes are escalating episodes of recognition that John has crafted to lead [...]
Having grown up in churches that sang vigorous hymns about the cross’s redemptive power, I [...]
Taken all together, the resurrection passages in the Gospels are a dizzying and confusing array. [...]
Nothing displayed Roman power like crucifixion, an act designed to [...]
Anyone who has experienced the fraught dynamics of a middle-school [...]
Any short essay on one of the Passion narratives will [...]
The opening scene in John 12 boldly claims the enduring power of life and love [...]
At the beginning of this pericope, we find Jesus having [...]
Who is this Jesus? The Jesus we find in Luke 13 is very different from [...]