Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on Romans 12:9-21

Just as Paul cannot help breaking out in poetic tribute to love in his famous [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 15:15-21

One difficulty that preachers will face with this text is [...]

Commentary on Matthew 16:21-28

The placement of this pericope is the first thing to [...]

Commentary on Exodus 1:8—2:10

Exodus 1:8 — 10: From Welcomed Guests to Suspected Terrorists [...]

Commentary on Romans 12:1-8

While the argument of the letter to the Romans opened with a preoccupation regarding God’s [...]

Commentary on Matthew 16:13-20

As they enter the area of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 51:1-6

Isaiah 51 emphatically seeks to break open an unimaginable future. Expectations are reversed; life is [...]

Commentary on Genesis 45:1-15

The text for today describes a moving scene of reconciliation, the self-revelation of Joseph to [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 56:1, 6-8

“The foreigners who join themselves to the Lord” and “eunuchs [...]

Commentary on Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28

Preachers face a serious temptation with this week’s reading from [...]