Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

This text for Ash Wednesday skips from verse 2 down [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a season of [...]

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Comentario del San Mateo 17:1-9

Los evangelios sinópticos pretenden ser relatos en parte históricos, en [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 2

Psalm 2 does little to contradict the common stereotype that “the God of the Old Testament” is [...]

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Commentary on 2 Peter 1:16-21

Peter has written to the believers, reminding them that through God’s divine power they have [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18

I have stood looking onto the horizon at sunset in Sedona, Arizona. I saw what [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 17:1-9

After the story of Peter’s confession (Matthew 16:13–20) and the subsequent passion prediction of Jesus [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 5:13-20

The lectionary offers preachers an awkward selection this Sunday. It combines two units from the [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 58:1-9a [9b-12]

Though the context is postexilic, the voice of First Isaiah [...]

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 [13-16]

Paul has described his role as one sent to proclaim [...]