Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on John 3:1-17

Today’s Gospel lection is a theological key that can unlock several aspects of this often [...]

Commentary on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

For the early Christian communities, Pentecost marked a liminal moment [...]

Commentary on Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

It is a blessing to the preacher when the movement [...]

Commentary on Romans 8:22-27

In exploring our lectionary text, it is helpful to review briefly the argument Paul has [...]

Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

One could preach many sermons on this marvelous text making a whole variety of points. [...]

Commentary on Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

We begin our examination of this Sunday’s text by looking [...]

Commentary on John 17:6-19

The genre of this passage will have a direct bearing on the preacher’s choice of [...]

Commentary on 1 John 5:9-13

In looking at the first letter of John for these weeks of Eastertide, we have [...]

Commentary on Psalm 1

How fascinating: the book of Psalms, the prayer book of the Bible, the hymnal of ancient Israel, [...]

Commentary on Psalm 98

“Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre … and the sound of melody! With trumpets … [...]