Commentary on Isaiah 43:16-21
Yesterday’s gospel is today’s law. We need to hear it afresh, every day.1 Today’s reading [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a
Isaiah 50:4-9a is part of a larger poem that extends to 50:11.1 Its subject is [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Preparing to preach on Good Friday is preparing to wander [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:1-6 [7-20]
One of Luke’s primary protagonists enters the literary stage in [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:36-43
This passage begins with the words, “in Joppa there was a certain female disciple (mathetria) [...]
Commentary on Acts 16:9-15
According to Acts, first the Holy Spirit and then “the Spirit of Jesus” prevented Paul [...]
Commentary on Acts 1:1-11
The book of Acts begins by reminding its reader, Theophilus, of an earlier book — [...]
Commentary on Acts 16:16-34
In Acts, trouble follows Paul.1 Or perhaps Paul tends to help precipitate the various controversies [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 35:1-10
If I had to pair this text with one Advent song, it would be O [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 11:1-10
Isaiah 11 begins with the claim that new life will spring forth from an injured [...]