Narrative Lectionary

Commentary on Malachi 3:1-7; 4:1-2, 5

The opening affirmation of the book of Malachi should be [...]

Commentary on Daniel 3:1-30

No Other God — that assertion is at the core of this chapter as it [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 18:1-11

The call of Jeremiah used six verbs to characterize his [...]

Commentary on 2 Kings 22:1—23:3

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 1:10-20; 2:1-4

A single stop in the book of Isaiah should not [...]

Commentary on Hosea 6:1-6; 11:1-9

However one seeks to wrestle a word of good news [...]

Commentary on 1 Kings 19:1-18

This Old Testament reading ranks among the most famous of Old Testament texts. Elijah’s flight [...]

Commentary on 1 Kings 5:1-5, 12-13; 8:1-6, 27-30

It was common in the ancient Near East for kings [...]

Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 51:1-10

1The name David occurs more often than any other human [...]

Commentary on Ruth 1:1-22

This week, we have as our text the first chapter of the book of Ruth, [...]