Commentary on Philippians 1:21-30
The coronavirus surprised the United States at the beginning of [...]
Second Reading
Commentary on Philippians 2:1-13
The Indonesian national motto is Bhineka Tunggal Ika, the Malaysian [...]
Commentary on Romans 12:1-8
The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans is both a countercultural and counter-political document. It [...]
Commentary on Romans 9:1-5
People these days ask God to damn lots of things.1 I have, too; but I’ve [...]
Commentary on Romans 10:5-15
A preacher might get at this very challenging text from one of two directions.1 Each [...]
Commentary on Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
A cursory reading of Romans might lead one to think [...]
Commentary on Romans 8:12-25
In Greek, even more than in English, the word for “flesh” (sarx) points to something [...]
Commentary on Romans 8:26-39
This reading includes some of the most familiar and comforting words we have from the [...]
Commentary on Romans 7:15-25a
Romans 7 has played a crucial role in Christian anthropology.1 Whether one derives from this [...]
Commentary on Romans 8:1-11
Until this point in Romans, Paul has taken his hearers through the “shadowlands” of the [...]
