First Reading

Commentary on Acts 2:1-21

It is fine to preach on this text as the story of the birthday of [...]

Commentary on Acts 1:6-14

Though Luke 24:51 intimates it, Acts 1:9 is the only place in the New Testament [...]

Commentary on Acts 17:22-31

Preacher and congregation should consider this text within the framework from which the lectionary has [...]

Commentary on Acts 7:55-60

As truncated by the Revised Common Lectionary, this text is as unpromising as it is [...]

Commentary on Acts 2:42-47

Christians make their most magnificent claims during Easter. It is a bold thing to do, [...]

Commentary on Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Moments of recognition in film and literature almost always stir [...]

Commentary on Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Peter tells an audience in Jerusalem that the resurrected Jesus [...]

Commentary on Acts 10:34-43

Nothing about Easter is routine or predictable. The same can be said about preaching the [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

“God has given me the tongue of a teacher,” says the prophet–something, no doubt, all [...]

Commentary on Ezekiel 37:1-14

The “valley of dry bones” is almost certainly the most beloved and well known of [...]