Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7
The lectionary-driven preacher is rarely invited to deliver a sermon based on a text from [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7
This brief reading appears in a collection of instructions that seems in large part directed [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20
This Pentecost text has commonly been considered the conclusion to [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20
After what is surely one of the longest sermons in [...]
Commentary on Exodus 32:7-14
I suggest we discontinue referring to this text as the “golden calf” incident and begin [...]
Commentary on Exodus 32:7-14
The exchange between the LORD and Moses in Exodus 32:7–14 follows Israel’s greatest moment of [...]
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7
The Theological Context of Amos 8:4-7: Justice This week’s Old Testament lesson from the prophet Amos offers [...]
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7
The old truism that “pride goes before the fall” (Proverbs 16:18) is, at least for Amos, gospel [...]
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7
The Old Testament reading of this Sunday is from the prophet Amos, as it was [...]
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7
When we think of the prophet Amos there is a tendency to emphasize the outsider [...]