Commentary on Jeremiah 23:23-29
God is nearby, not far off. Read and heard in [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 58:9b-14
If you have ever attended a Friday evening synagogue service, you know that at the [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 58:9b-14
Isaiah 56–66, so-called Third Isaiah, addresses the post-exilic community struggling to make a new life [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7
The lectionary-driven preacher is rarely invited to deliver a sermon based on a text from [...]
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 [...]
