Gospel

Nikolai Ge,
Commentary on John 18:33-37

Who is truly powerful? Who reigns?1 John’s trial narrative raises these questions in compelling ways. [...]

Hannah Praying
Commentary on Mark 13:1-8

When Jesus is no longer physically present, what does it mean to follow him? Has [...]

The Poor Widow's Offering, Frederick Goodall, before 1904
Commentary on Mark 12:38-44

Sacrificial giving is, according to ChatGPT, the most popular main point of sermons on Mark [...]

spray-painted hearts
Commentary on Mark 12:28-34

One of the many reasons to love the Gospel of Mark is that it is [...]

Raising of Lazarus by Peter Paul Morandell on the facade of the cemetery chapel in Rum, Tyrol (1956)
Commentary on John 11:32-44

Our passage this week forms the climax of a lengthy narrative in John 11. In [...]

photo of fig leaves
Commentary on Luke 21:25-36

As Advent begins, beloved images and icons of Christmastime start to appear—like peaceful nativity scenes [...]

a mighty fortress
Commentary on John 8:31-36

Jesus has this conversation with “the Jews who had believed in him” (John 8:31), meaning [...]

Detail from
Commentary on Mark 10:46-52

Pick up any commentary on the Gospel of Mark that came out in the last [...]

Lucas van Leyden: Detail from Inner left wing of a diptych with Christ as the Man of Sorrows
Commentary on Mark 10:35-45

Following hot on the heels of the rich young man who goes away grieving, this [...]

threading a needle
Commentary on Mark 10:17-31

The first thing to say about this text, and hopefully not the last thing to [...]