First Reading

Commentary on Ezekiel 33:7-11

“So you, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel” (Ezekiel 33:7). [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 15:15-21

One difficulty that preachers will face with this text is [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 51:1-6

Isaiah 51 emphatically seeks to break open an unimaginable future. Expectations are reversed; life is [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 56:1, 6-8

“The foreigners who join themselves to the Lord” and “eunuchs [...]

Commentary on 1 Kings 19:9-18

1 Kings 19 begins with Elijah fleeing, not only from Ahab and Jezebel, but also [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 55:1-5

Nothing in life is free. Particularly if one has grown accustomed to the harsh policies [...]

Commentary on 1 Kings 3:5-12

It would certainly be easy to preach this week’s lectionary text as offering contemporary believers [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 44:6-8

Trauma theorists tell us that one of the essential steps for trauma victims reconstituting their [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 55:10-13

The job description of the prophet contains among other less than coveted tasks the ability [...]

Commentary on Zechariah 9:9-12

For me at least, this is one of those biblical [...]