First Reading

Commentary on Amos 7:7-15

This brief passage consists of a vision (verses 7-9; the third of five visions in [...]

Commentary on Ezekiel 2:1-5

Passages like this one can lead in two very different directions. On the one hand, [...]

Commentary on Lamentations 3:22-33

The small poetic book of Lamentations was composed during the [...]

Commentary on Job 38:1-11

I remember well the first time I read the speeches of God in the book [...]

Commentary on Ezekiel 17:22-24

Anytime a text from Ezekiel is thrown up by the [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 6:1-8

This text is among the more famous in the Hebrew Bible, serving as a source [...]

Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

One could preach many sermons on this marvelous text making a whole variety of points. [...]

Commentary on Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

We begin our examination of this Sunday’s text by looking [...]

Commentary on Acts 10:44-48

How can we ever forget the celebration in Chicago’s Grant Park the evening that Barack [...]

Commentary on Acts 8:26-40

The post-Easter texts assigned for this year contain several readings from the Book of Acts. [...]