Second Reading

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Commentary on Colossians 1:15-28

Our passage begins with an apparent paradox: Christ is “the [...]

Commentary on Colossians 1:1-14

Scholars continue to debate whether the closely related letters of [...]

Commentary on Galatians 6:[1-6] 7-16

In this text readers are eavesdropping on an ongoing conversation [...]

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Commentary on Galatians 5:1, 13-25

Through Christ, we have been set free to serve one [...]

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Commentary on Galatians 3:23-29

Contrary to popular Protestant belief, the law is not the [...]

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Commentary on Romans 5:1-5

Theologians of the church would develop the doctrine of the Trinity centuries after Paul wrote [...]

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Commentary on Romans 8:14-17

On Pentecost the Holy Spirit is center stage, rushing as a wind through the early [...]

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Commentary on Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

When caught in between waiting and pain, human souls long [...]

Christus ascendit hodie!
Commentary on Ephesians 1:15-23

Commentary forthcoming on this passage.

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Commentary on Revelation 21:10, 22—22:5

The authority, inclusivity, and love of God are fully expressed [...]