Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Job 38:1-7 [34-41]

This is the third of four lections from Job, and [...]

Lucas van Leyden: Detail from Inner left wing of a diptych with Christ as the Man of Sorrows
Commentary on Hebrews 5:1-10

Affluence, social status, academic degrees of all sorts, summa cum laude honors, and worldly wisdom [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12

Today’s reading, Isaiah 53:4–12, moves from humiliation to celebration. It ends the fourth of the [...]

Lucas van Leyden: Detail from Inner left wing of a diptych with Christ as the Man of Sorrows
Commentary on Mark 10:35-45

Following hot on the heels of the rich young man who goes away grieving, this [...]

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Comentario del San Marcos 10:17-31

A través de los siglos, la historia del hombre rico [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 90:12-17

If, on occasion, the Revised Common Lectionary may be said to do the interpreter no [...]

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Commentary on Job 23:1-9, 16-17

This is the second of four lections from Job. We [...]

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Commentary on Hebrews 4:12-16

The preacher of Hebrews, whose focus is on God’s salvation history, includes 21st-century Christian believers [...]

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Commentary on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15

In a course on the prophets, a professor of mine [...]

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Commentary on Mark 10:17-31

The first thing to say about this text, and hopefully not the last thing to [...]