Revised Common Lectionary

Detail from English Alabaster Panel depicting Christ's Resurrection, Late 14th Century.
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

There’s an important detail about 1 Thessalonians that every reader [...]

Detail from English Alabaster Panel depicting Christ's Resurrection, Late 14th Century.
Commentary on Matthew 25:1-13

The expectation of Christ’s return is central to Christian living.¹ Although many Christians today consign [...]

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Comentario del San Mateo 23:1-12

La Cátedra de Moisés… y la Verdadera Humildad¹ La interpretación [...]

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Commentary on Joshua 3:7-17

This summer I waded across a short stretch of the Rio Chama in the depths [...]

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Commentary on Micah 3:5-12

What would our lives be like without the prophetic word?¹ A life without vision: no [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 43

Hermann Gunkel, famous for his work on the psalms,1 once noted, “The individual complaint songs form the basic [...]

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Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

There’s an important detail about 1 Thessalonians that every reader [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 23:1-12

In Matthew 23 we encounter a sustained condemnation of the scribes and Pharisees, placed upon [...]

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Commentary on Romans 3:19-28

This text for Reformation Sunday is at the core of Protestant soteriology, yet it is [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 46

Psalm 46 is a community hymn that is more specifically classified as a “Song of Zion.”1 While [...]