Second Reading

This short text from Romans is an appropriate reading for the first Sunday of Advent [...]

In this passage, Paul puts into place a series of contrasts that are easily remembered [...]

We are used to, especially in the Advent season, hearing about the coming Messiah and [...]

The language in this passage might, at first, sound a bit foreign to contemporary Christians, [...]

We commonly think of calling in terms of vocation. An overwhelming number of resources offer [...]

The opening of the letter to the Romans contains, in seven tightly packed verses, a [...]

As Christians around the world prepare each year to celebrate the birth of Jesus, many [...]

This passage stands out as a theological gem in the midst of the moral exhortations [...]

During his long tenure at Harvard Divinity School, Krister Stendahl (d. 2008) would occasionally hand [...]