Commentary on John 8:31-36
Jesus has this conversation with “the Jews who had believed in him” (John 8:31), meaning [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Mark 10:46-52
Pick up any commentary on the Gospel of Mark that came out in the last [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:35-45
Following hot on the heels of the rich young man who goes away grieving, this [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:17-31
The first thing to say about this text, and hopefully not the last thing to [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:2-16
Beware this week.1 As soon as you read the word “divorce” aloud, a whole sermon [...]
Commentary on Mark 9:38-50
This story comes as Jesus heads toward Jerusalem.1 Throughout Mark 8–10, Jesus struggles to turn [...]
Commentary on Mark 9:30-37
What if we welcomed children in Jesus’ name? On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice, a [...]
Commentary on Mark 8:27-38
Mark reintroduces the theme of discipleship by first interrogating Jesus’ identity. As is common in [...]
Commentary on Mark 7:24-37
Today’s Gospel reading is a tale of two healings (Mark 7:24–30 and 7:31–37). Jesus is [...]
Commentary on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
This isn’t quite what we want to hear at the [...]