Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Today’s reading is a rhetorically linked continuation of the reading [...]
Second Reading
Commentary on Galatians 1:11-24
Paul’s Authority Issues Have you ever had issues with your [...]
Commentary on Romans 3:19-28
Paul has just spent two chapters making sure that all the Gentiles among his hearers [...]
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 [...]