Second Reading

Commentary on Romans 3:19-28

I’ve been having trouble breathing, and today my ear-nose-and-throat specialist told me I need surgery [...]

Commentary on Hebrews 7:23-28

How can this text from Hebrews, an obscure writing in thought and language, compete with [...]

Commentary on Hebrews 5:1-10

“Is she qualified? Can he do the job?” I ask these questions when the president [...]

Commentary on Hebrews 4:12-16

In “Glory Days,” Bruce Springsteen sings of that high school baseball player who “could throw [...]

Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

In the city of Macon, Georgia, the Harriet Tubman African-American [...]

Commentary on James 5:13-20

The preceding chapters in the Epistle of James have described the ideal of a congregation [...]

Commentary on James 3:13—4:3, 7-8a

This week’s epistle reading explicitly connects James’ interest in mindful [...]

Commentary on James 3:1-12

This Sunday’s passage involves one of the more peculiar passages in the New Testament. But [...]

Commentary on James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17

The second chapter of James offers a far-reaching treatment of [...]

Commentary on James 1:17-27

This Sunday is the beginning of a series of readings from the book of James. [...]