Commentary on Daniel 3:1-29
Daniel 2–3 is one story with two episodes. In the first episode, Nebuchadnezzar dreams of [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Romans 6:3-11
Death Baptism and Mutual Entombment The idea of being “plunged into someone’s death” and being [...]
Commentary on Acts 8:26-40
The three preceding lectionary texts from Acts have focused on the extraordinary effects of the [...]
Commentary on Psalm 22:25-31
How odd is it, during Easter, to return to the Psalm of Good Friday, the [...]
Commentary on 1 John 4:7-21
Today’s passage contains some of the most moving and profound teachings on love in the [...]
Commentary on John 15:1-8
The next two Sundays of Easter take us into the middle of the Farewell Discourse [...]
Comentario del San Juan 15:1-8
Este texto es parte de discurso pastoral de Jesús antes [...]
Commentary on Acts 4:5-12
As is common, the lectionary sections off (shorter) passages from within their larger narrative context. [...]
Commentary on Psalm 23
Consider the vulnerability of a sheep.1 A sheep is a particularly vulnerable creature, especially when on its [...]
Commentary on 1 John 3:16-24
Words are powerful, and as preachers, we do not take our own words or the [...]