First Reading

Commentary on Acts 4:5-12

How quickly things can change, and how differently people can interpret the same event! Last [...]

Commentary on Acts 3:12-19

When the risen Jesus was exalted to God’s right hand, he poured out the Holy [...]

Commentary on Acts 4:32-35

For the early church depicted in Acts, the resurrection of Christ is less a creedal [...]

Commentary on Acts 10:34-43

“This one (touton) God raised from the dead on the third day” (Acts 10:40). We [...]

Commentary on Amos 5:18-24

A brilliant ironist, Amos reverses his audience’s expectations at every turn in the book that [...]

Commentary on Micah 3:5-12

For additional lectionary resources on the assigned texts for All Saints, please see the Craft [...]

Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18

For additional lectionary resources on the assigned texts for Reformation [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 45:1-7

Messiah Cyrus and the sovereign will of God: The name Cyrus won’t ring a bell [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 25:1-9

Giving attention to the text and getting at tension in the text: Sound biblical interpretation [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7

Grape Expectations: Our experience with Isaiah 5:1-7 can be strangely similar to that of the [...]