Second Reading

Commentary on Romans 13:11-14

The readings for the first and second Sundays in Advent are taken from the later [...]

Commentary on Colossians 1:11-20

This lection reframes Christian experience within a wide-angle, cosmic divine [...]

Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

The epistle for this last proper of the church year [...]

Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17

Last Sunday’s reading opened on a note of “thanksgiving” (1:2). [...]

Commentary on Romans 3:19-28

Anyone commenting or preaching on these well-known verses better hesitate. For preachers, at least in [...]

Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12

A Matter of Timing What circumstances have occasioned this apparent [...]

Commentary on 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

What we have here recorded is Paul’s own farewell discourse. [...]

Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:14—4:5

Tradition is, of course, very important in many church communities [...]

Commentary on 2 Timothy 2:8-15

“Remember Jesus Christ!” This is quite a command. And we [...]

Commentary on 2 Timothy 1:1-14

2 Timothy belongs to the biblical genre of the “testament,” [...]