Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:57—18:5, 10-16
[Note this semi-continuous first reading is one of two options [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-15
Growing up I remember hearing this infamous David and Bathsheba [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:1-14a
At first reading, we might want to applaud David’s desire [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
While the account of David’s ascendance is the stuff of [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10
This passage signals the new reign of David as king. [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
David’s mourning cry at the death of Saul and Jonathan [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13
In this post-election year we find ourselves in a deeply [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:4-11 [12-15] 16-20; [11:14-15]
Negotiating a rotten compromise in [...]
Commentary on Joshua 3:7-17
In the first chapter of the book of Joshua, the title character is exhorted four [...]
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
The closing address in the book of Joshua is a [...]
