Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Relating this biblical text to the liturgical context is no [...]

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

I would have fit in well in Corinth. The Corinthian [...]

Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

It is fine to preach on this text as the story of the birthday of [...]

Commentary on John 20:19-23

This abbreviated reading from the Gospel of John has already been heard as the Gospel [...]

Commentary on 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

These verses repeat and recast the pattern that 1 Peter [...]

Commentary on Acts 1:6-14

Though Luke 24:51 intimates it, Acts 1:9 is the only place in the New Testament [...]

Commentary on John 17:1-11

Chapters 14-17 are known as Jesus’ Farewell Discourse. In it, he takes his disciples aside [...]

Commentary on 1 Peter 3:13-22

The harrowing of hell (3:19) has attracted the attention of poetic and illustrative imaginations throughout [...]

Commentary on John 14:15-21

This passage picks up where last week’s reading left off. Jesus continues to deliver his [...]

Commentary on Acts 17:22-31

Preacher and congregation should consider this text within the framework from which the lectionary has [...]