Commentary on Matthew 2:1-12
The story of the visit of the Magi has the ring of a folk tale, [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on Luke 2:8-20
Many parents hearing this scripture read on Christmas day have come to regard their own [...]
Commentary on Luke 2:1-14 [15-20]
The story of Jesus’ birth in the Gospel of Luke [...]
Commentary on Matthew 1:18-25
How is the birth of a Messiah supposed to take place? Should friends gather for [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 42:1-9
Louis Stulman and Hyun Chul Paul Kim describe prophetic literature as “meaning-making literature for communities [...]
Commentary on Esther 4:1-17
It’s unlikely that your audience knows the whole story of Esther, so give them a [...]
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:2-4; 3:17-19
Habakkuk has in the past been deemed a dangerous book. [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 1:4-10; 7:1-11
Reading the call of Jeremiah in Jeremiah1:4-10 together with the [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; then 2:1-4
Sennacherib who? Our Isaiah text [...]
Commentary on Micah 5:2-4; 6:6-8
Micah prophesies during the second half of the 8th century BCE [...]