Second Reading

Commentary on Hebrews 2:10-18

This reading from Hebrews for the first Sunday after Christmas continues to celebrate the festival [...]

Commentary on Titus 3:4-7

The second lesson for today, from Titus 3:4-7, is closely related to the second lesson [...]

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

The Corinthians failed to practice the Lord’s Supper correctly.1 Though [...]

Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

On a seasonal liturgical calendar, Ash Wednesday is a movable [...]

Commentary on Romans 5:1-5

Trinity Sunday presents preachers with significant challenges. Reference to the Trinity is itself enough to [...]

Commentary on Hebrews 10:5-10

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the eminent eighteenth century Genevan philosopher and writer, argued in several of his [...]

Commentary on Philippians 4:4-7

Cinnamon rolls are one of my favorite desserts. I’m not [...]

Commentary on Philippians 1:3-11

Once a rule-follower, always a rule follower. There seems to [...]

Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Paul’s words of thanksgiving, admonition, and encouragement to the fledgling [...]

Commentary on Revelation 1:4b-8

In the opening of the book of Revelation, grace (charis) [...]