First Reading

Two-Fold
Commentary on Isaiah 43:16-21

The Old Testament reading for this week is taken from that portion of Isaiah that [...]

Entry into the City
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

Isaiah 50:4-9a is part of a larger poem that extends to 50:11. Its subject is [...]

Entry into the City
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

The first reading for this week is the third of Second Isaiah’s four Suffering Servant [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

The church always reads this marvelous text on Good Friday. [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

In the history of Christian interpretation of the Old Testament, [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

This “servant song” (with 42:1-7; 49:1-6; 50:4-9) has been the [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

On Good Friday, the most somber day of the year, [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

One of the most famous poems of Second Isaiah, Isaiah [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12

The church always reads this marvelous text on Good Friday. [...]

Mary, the Evangelist
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43

Nothing about Easter is routine or predictable.1 The same can be said about preaching the [...]