Commentary on Romans 8:1-11
The transition between chapters 7 and 8 presents interpreters with a challenge, namely, to know [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Romans 7:15-25a
Romans is regularly recognized to be Paul’s most seriously sustained theological reflection in the corpus [...]
Commentary on Zechariah 9:9-12
For me at least, this is one of those biblical [...]
Commentary on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Matt 11:16-19 is a brief parabolic take on how people [...]
Commentary on Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
What appears to be a simple account of an arranged [...]
Commentary on Genesis 22:1-14
“Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him.” This protest [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 28:5-9
My work on this text was interrupted by a telephone call from a Jewish friend. [...]
Commentary on Romans 6:12-23
Diving into this lesson at v. 12 of Romans 6 puts one midstream into a [...]
Commentary on Matthew 10:40-42
This is the third consecutive Sunday devoted to Jesus’ instructions [...]
Commentary on Romans 6:1b-11
Sometimes the editorial decisions of the Lectionary committees astound me. Why in the world does [...]
