First Reading

Commentary on Jeremiah 28:5-9

My work on this text was interrupted by a telephone call from a Jewish friend. [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 20:7-13

Reading through this text brings to mind what Professor John [...]

Commentary on Exodus 19:2-8a

During the four years that I was a student at Luther Seminary I can recall [...]

Commentary on Hosea 5:15-6:6

Following the devastation of the previous verses, 5:15 is a word from God that introduces [...]

Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28

I grew up in a home wherein virtually every room [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 49:8-16a

Isaiah 40-66 uses female images for God more frequently than any other Old Testament body [...]

Commentary on Genesis 1:1—2:4a

“Community” and “relationship” are “in words” in current environmental and [...]

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 [...]