Gospel

Photo of a hen gathering her chicks under her wings
Commentary on Luke 13:31-35

The first thing to understand is that Jerusalem was the center of the world. The [...]

Commentary on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

One of the things Christians do on Ash Wednesday is [...]

Detail from 16th Century Russian Transfiguration Icon.
Commentary on Luke 9:28-36 [37-43a]

The Transfiguration is one of the most quintessential mountaintop experiences [...]

Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Commentary on Luke 2:22-40

All the male children in a Jewish household, enslaved and freeborn, are circumcised at eight [...]

Man holding empty wallet
Commentary on Luke 6:27-38

The Taizé community has put to music words from St. Teresa of Ávila, offered here [...]

Grassy plain at the base of green foothills
Commentary on Luke 6:17-26

The Sermon on the Plain in Luke 6:20–49 closes the section of this gospel that [...]

Two old boats tied along shore
Commentary on Luke 5:1-11

In 2006, pastor and professor Marvin McMickle examined the sad state and the lamentable landscape [...]

Hope Valley, UK
Commentary on Luke 4:21-30

In her national bestseller book, The American Age of Unreason, the Updated Edition, Susan Jacoby [...]

Broken crutches in park
Commentary on Luke 4:14-21

“God’s time [Emancipation] is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens; He [...]

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Commentary on John 2:1-11

At the end of John 1, Jesus promised Nathanael (and by extension his other disciples [...]