First Reading

Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20

The majestic speech of Deuteronomy nears its conclusion in this [...]

Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7

Imagine yourself on vacation. I am assuming you are not on vacation this August Sunday [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 58:9b-14

This pericope was likely teamed with the gospel reading because of its emphasis on the [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 23:23-29

The scathing scolding present in Jeremiah 23 suggests that false [...]

Commentary on Genesis 15:1-6

To understand the divine promises to Abraham here in Genesis 15, it is helpful to [...]

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23

It is the beginning of August. You are two-and-a-half months [...]

Commentary on Genesis 18:20-32

What I love about this passage is the way in [...]

Commentary on Genesis 18:1-10a

This passage (Genesis 18:1-10) has literally become iconic: the fifteenth [...]

Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:9-14

The single-minded focus on the law in the book of [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 66:10-14

Everything about this final chapter of Isaiah heralds God’s sovereignty. From the opening portrait of [...]