Commentary on John 9:1-41
Preaching on John 9:1-41 reminds me of the children’s book A Fish Out of Water, [...]
Gospel
Commentary on John 4:5-42
The second and third Sundays in Lent juxtapose two characters unique to the Gospel of [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-17
The Second Sunday in Lent begins a four week digression from the Gospel for Year [...]
Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11
It is no accident that Jesus winds up in the wilderness after his baptism. He [...]
Commentary on Matthew 17:1-9
Six days after foretelling his death, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John and “leads them [...]
Commentary on Matthew 4:12-23
In its narrative context, this pericope reveals a number of things about the person and [...]
Commentary on John 1:29-42
“It is not about me.” That is the message whenever people in the Fourth Gospel [...]
Commentary on Matthew 3:13-17
The Gospel lesson for this day presents the second of seven pericopes in Matthew’s Gospel [...]
Commentary on Matthew 2:1-12
The story of the magi foreshadows later developments in Matthew’s narrative. Even in infancy Jesus [...]
Commentary on Matthew 2:13-23
Church leaders and biblical interpreters often note that the Gospel of Luke reports Jesus’ birth [...]