Commentary on John 4:5-42
The second and third Sundays in Lent juxtapose two characters unique to the Gospel of [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on John 3:1-17
The Second Sunday in Lent begins a four week digression from the Gospel for Year [...]
Commentary on Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
Why would a preacher work with these pieces of a [...]
Commentary on Genesis 12:1-4a
Something that all the cultures of the world share is ancestor stories. Some within the [...]
Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11
It is no accident that Jesus winds up in the wilderness after his baptism. He [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Context means everything. If one reads Genesis 2–3 against the [...]
Commentary on Romans 5:12-19
The Lenten readings of Paul’s letter to the Romans begin with a summary. While it [...]
Commentary on 2 Peter 1:16-21
The final Sunday in Epiphany is when the church remembers the Transfiguration of our Lord. [...]
Commentary on Matthew 17:1-9
Six days after foretelling his death, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John and “leads them [...]
Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18
Exodus 24:12–18 has shaped the traditions of transfiguration that we find in the Synoptic Gospels. [...]