First Reading

Matthew 21:28
Commentary on Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

“The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth [...]

Matthew 21:33
Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7

This intricate poem expresses the divine pain at the people’s failure to live out the [...]

Matthew 18:33
Commentary on Genesis 50:15-21

Perhaps the two most often used words in today’s church [...]

Matthew 20:14
Commentary on Jonah 3:10—4:11

The foundational proposition and premise of the book of Jonah [...]

Matthew 18:20
Commentary on Ezekiel 33:7-11

Most Americans have no idea that someone convicted of a crime in the United States [...]

The Canaanite Woman asks for healing for her daughter
Commentary on Isaiah 56:1, 6-8

Isaiah 56:1-8 radically expands the boundaries for being included among [...]

God Touches Jeremiah's Mouth
Commentary on Jeremiah 15:15-21

These verses come in the middle of the poetic material [...]

Bread and Fish
Commentary on Isaiah 55:1-5

The distance between the writer of Isaiah 55 rooted in the agrarian world and the [...]

Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:9-18

The word disappointment is a word that all of us will get a chance to [...]

Matthew 16:19
Commentary on Isaiah 51:1-6

When you listen to a choir you hear a collection of voices coming together. Isaiah [...]