Commentary on Isaiah 9:1-4
Epiphany is a season that celebrates God’s manifestation in the world through the person of [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
Most of us who have been around churches for any [...]
Commentary on Matthew 4:12-23
In its narrative context, this pericope reveals a number of things about the person and [...]
Commentary on John 1:29-42
“It is not about me.” That is the message whenever people in the Fourth Gospel [...]
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
When we read 1 Corinthians, we are quite literally reading [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 49:1-7
One week after the Baptism of Our Lord, the lectionary texts from the Old Testament [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 42:1-9
“New things” are afoot. Israel’s penalty paid twofold, her exile at an end, the prophet [...]
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43
This text for the Baptism of Jesus is a short sermon that summarizes the entire [...]
Commentary on Matthew 3:13-17
The Gospel lesson for this day presents the second of seven pericopes in Matthew’s Gospel [...]
Commentary on Matthew 2:1-12
The story of the magi foreshadows later developments in Matthew’s narrative. Even in infancy Jesus [...]