Commentary on Job 1:1; 2:1-10
It’s easy to sit back and admire the faithfulness of Job. It’s harder to sit [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31
Proverbs 31:10–31 is perhaps one of the most well known [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33
These days—when progress for civil rights seems to be [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
This pieced-together pericope from Proverbs offers the reader a clear [...]
Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:8-13
For the proclaimer willing to take on a homiletical challenge, [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 8:[1, 6, 10-11] 22-30, 41-43
One of my former colleagues, [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
If you have had any experience with a congregation over [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33
David’s care for his son Absalom, despite his rebellion, is [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a
Last week’s passage invited us to consider the spaces of [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-15
The David and Bathsheba narrative is a compelling text that [...]