Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a
“I am a servant.” – Larry Norman, 1976 This lectionary reading for Palm Sunday is [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
“You’ve got to have heart.” – Coach Jimmy McGinty, The [...]
Commentary on Numbers 21:4-9
Reality bites.1 The book of Numbers from the Hebrew Bible is not well-represented in the [...]
Commentary on Exodus 20:1-17
These verses, often called “The Decalogue” or the “Ten Commandments,” are some of the most [...]
Commentary on Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Does God have enough room for me too? In Tim [...]
Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17
As the conclusion to a story of God wiping out almost all life and right [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Blow the shophar. The blowing of the shophar, or ram’s [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 2:1-12
Second Kings 2:1-12 is almost exactly half a narrative. The entire chapter has a chiastic [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 40:21-31
The chapters following Isaiah 40 address a tired and weary people who likely had some [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 52:7-10
The text from Second Isaiah follows closely on Christmas Eve’s reading from First Isaiah though [...]
