Commentary on Mark 6:1-13
[Editor’s note: The author has read this text from the perspective of an immigrant, pairing [...]
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Commentary on Mark 6:1-13
This Sunday’s pairing of Mark 6:1-6 and 6:7-13 kindles the preacher’s imagination. The first passage [...]
Commentary on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
A lot happens in the sixth chapter of the Gospel [...]
Commentary on John 6:1-21
Students who have studied John’s Gospel with me, and especially my teaching partner Barbara Rossing, [...]
Commentary on John 6:24-35
John presents Jesus as manna, the miraculous bread God provided and through which Israel learned [...]
Commentary on John 6:24-35
The hymn powerfully portrays the plight of so many of God’s children: “Across the world, [...]
Commentary on John 6:35, 41-51
Jesus is manna, that miraculous substance with which God cultivated [...]
Commentary on John 6:35, 41-51
People complain that, in my preaching, I do not tell [...]
Commentary on John 6:56-69
Although Jesus’ words “I am the bread of life” are familiar to many Christians, in [...]
Commentary on John 6:56-69
Although Jesus’ words “I am the bread of life” are familiar to many Christians, in [...]