Revised Common Lectionary

Though Luke 24:51 intimates it, Acts 1:9 is the only place in the New Testament [...]

Chapters 14-17 are known as Jesus’ Farewell Discourse. In it, he takes his disciples aside [...]

The harrowing of hell (3:19) has attracted the attention of poetic and illustrative imaginations throughout [...]

This passage picks up where last week’s reading left off. Jesus continues to deliver his [...]

Preacher and congregation should consider this text within the framework from which the lectionary has [...]

As truncated by the Revised Common Lectionary, this text is as unpromising as it is [...]

These verses involve several intriguing exegetical nuances–points that probably will not make explicit appearances in [...]

John 14:1-3 often serves pastors in funeral contexts. With my seminary students I refer to [...]

Lovers of the literal, maligners of metaphor, beware!: This passage is not for you. Or, [...]