Second Reading

Disciples of Christ at the Sea of Tiberias
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

This section of 1 Corinthians is found in the middle [...]

Synagogue of Capernaum
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

This is one of my favorite passages in Paul’s letters. [...]

Simon's mother-in-law, Fen Ditton
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:16-23

In 1 Corinthians, Paul undertakes to address a series of [...]

Transfiguration
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

The transfiguration of Christ entails seeing Jesus as nothing short [...]

Ash Wednesday Symbols
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

This week’s epistle reading stands near the end of Paul’s [...]

God Orders Noah to Leave the Ark
Commentary on 1 Peter 3:18-22

I met a man today who is being threatened with deportation even though he has [...]

Icon of Abraham, Sarah, and Moses
Commentary on Romans 4:13-25

The text begins abruptly, about half way through chapter 4 of Romans. Since the chapter [...]

Moses with the Ten Commandments
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

This is one of those New Testament passages many of [...]

David bringing the Ark into Jerusalem
Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-14

The fact of human difference may no longer surprise us. [...]

David bringing the Ark into Jerusalem
Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10

You’ve been saved for the purpose of good works. There, [...]