First Reading

Whenever we think about or talk about God, there is [...]

This text is best interpreted with the entirety of Genesis 15 in view. Both sections [...]

The brevity of this text belies its theological weight: in just six verses, we have [...]

If there is any doubt that the preacher’s job is [...]

God is nearby, not far off. Read and heard in [...]

If you have ever attended a Friday evening synagogue service, you know that at the [...]

Isaiah 56–66, so-called Third Isaiah, addresses the post-exilic community struggling to make a new life [...]

The lectionary-driven preacher is rarely invited to deliver a sermon based on a text from [...]

This brief reading appears in a collection of instructions that seems in large part directed [...]