Commentary on Micah 3:5-12
What would our lives be like without the prophetic word?¹ A life without vision: no [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Psalm 43
Hermann Gunkel, famous for his work on the psalms,1 once noted, “The individual complaint songs form the basic [...]
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
There’s an important detail about 1 Thessalonians that every reader [...]
Commentary on Matthew 23:1-12
In Matthew 23 we encounter a sustained condemnation of the scribes and Pharisees, placed upon [...]
Commentary on Romans 3:19-28
This text for Reformation Sunday is at the core of Protestant soteriology, yet it is [...]
Commentary on Psalm 46
Psalm 46 is a community hymn that is more specifically classified as a “Song of Zion.”1 While [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
On this Reformation Sunday, we hear words of promise from [...]
Commentary on John 8:31-36
These 6 verses are preceded and followed by the literary context in which the Johannine [...]
Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
The Lord’s holiness Leviticus 19 appears in the section of [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:1-12
I grew up in a home where the mantra, “Finish [...]
