Commentary on Matthew 5:38-48
This section of the Sermon on the Mount is a more than fitting text for [...]

This section of the Sermon on the Mount is a more than fitting text for [...]

The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ first discourse in Matthew’s Gospel. The evangelist has [...]

Mystery marks this transfiguration scene. Jesus is transfigured. Jesus is transfigured. Moses and Elijah appear [...]

At the transfiguration Jesus’ fearful disciples watch as he is transformed and shines with heavenly [...]

The heart of this passage is found in an accurate [...]

Today’s Gospel reading strikes many as an ironic choice for [...]

It is no accident that Jesus winds up in the wilderness after his baptism.1 He [...]

At Jesus’ baptism, the heavenly voice announces, “This is my Son, the Beloved.” Immediately afterwards, [...]

The backdrop against which the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus should be understood is John [...]

If Nicodemus comes under cover of darkness, it is darkness disturbed by peculiar light. According [...]