First Reading

Commentary on Isaiah 52:7-10

The larger context of these verses (see 51:17-23) vividly describes how the people of Israel [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 9:2-7

Isaiah 9:1 is not a part of the lectionary text, but helps put this Christmas [...]

Commentary on Micah 5:2-5a

On this last Sunday of Advent, we come to another familiar prophetic passage, familiar at [...]

Commentary on Zephaniah 3:14-20

The third Sunday of Advent traditionally has a focus on [...]

Commentary on Malachi 3:1-4

Familiar to many from its use in Handel’s Messiah, this passage from Malachi speaks of [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-16

On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the [...]

Commentary on Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

It would be easy to preach our lectionary text for [...]

Commentary on Daniel 12:1-3

Our lectionary text for today considers a question that these days may be all too [...]

Commentary on 1 Kings 17:8-16

Sometimes God’s provision comes in the most unlikely of places and by means of the [...]

Commentary on Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14

The church should reclaim the Passover. We tend to relegate [...]