Commentary on Mark 4:26-34
Working Preacher published an essay of mine on humor in Mark’s parables, which I’m sure [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:4-11 [12-15] 16-20; [11:14-15]
So many questions! How is [...]
Commentary on Genesis 3:8-15
The relationship between God and the primeval couple undergoes a seismic change after they eat [...]
Commentary on Psalm 130
In Psalm 130, the writer calls out to God from the depths of human suffering, hoping for, [...]
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1
Paul—the textual Paul, the letters P-a-u-l, not the man who [...]
Comentario del San Marcos 3:20-35
¿Quién es Jesús? ¿De dónde proviene su autoridad? ¿A qué [...]
Commentary on Mark 3:20-35
Mark 3:19b–35 is among the evangelist’s subtlest intercalations: the insertion of one story inside another, [...]
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
Imagine 2 Corinthians as a poem. In any poem, each [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]
The Samuel narrative continues in this account of his prophetic [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:12-15
In the context of the Israelites’ journey to the promised [...]