Commentary on Acts 5:27-32
The apostles were doing what they believed they were commissioned to do. Unfortunately, this conflicted [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43
How does the resurrection change things? One scholar states that Acts tells the story of [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:36-43
In Acts, the gospel is relentlessly expansive. That the gospel would reach the corners of [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:36-43
The Success of the Apostolic Mission The lessons from Acts for the Sundays of Easter [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 42:1-9
God’s spirit, God’s servant, God’s delight. These concepts are the connective tissue between today’s Old [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 43:1-7
“But now” — hear the jarring declaration of reversal (43:1). Whatever has gone before is [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 42:1-9
This passage in Isaiah shows God speaking into the pain of exile to send a [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 43:1-7
Like other prophetic writings, Isaiah 40-55 (which scholars call Second Isaiah) aims to change people’s [...]
Commentary on Acts 1:1-11
The Ascension seems like the poor cousin among church festivals: often overlooked, passed over without [...]
Commentary on Acts 2:1-21
If a roomful of people given the ability to speak foreign languages sounds electrifying, try [...]
