Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

Maundy Thursday is all about remembering commandments—mandates (from the Latin [...]

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

My recommendation for preaching Maundy Thursday is not to “preach [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14

Today in the United States and elsewhere, fear, cruelty, and [...]

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Commentary on John 13:1-17, 31b-35

The farewell discourse in John’s Gospel begins in John 14 [...]

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Comentario del San Mateo 4:12-23

En el evangelio de hoy miramos a Jesús empezando su [...]

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Comentario del San Mateo 21:1-11

Sobre el evangelio de Mateo, el biblista y pastor David [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 21:1-11

Jesus’s triumphal entry in Matthew’s gospel is intriguing because it is difficult.  Why are there [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 31:9-16

The Psalms enrich preaching during Holy Week and Easter, even if few preachers base an [...]

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Commentary on Philippians 2:5-11

This passage represents one of the most important and influential [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

This text in Second Isaiah (40–55) brings a human body into view. No gender, no [...]