Second Reading

Dance of Bubbles
Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-14

Ephesians begins with both a blessing (verses 3-14, as in [...]

Ash Wednesday | Lent Season 2015
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

Paul had a problem. His way of doing ministry in [...]

Why Are You So Angry? (No Te Aha Oe Riri), 1896
Commentary on Philippians 3:17—4:1

In this short passage from Paul’s letter to the Philippians, [...]

Faucet
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

“No testing has overtaken you that is not common to [...]

Jackal at Sunset
Commentary on Philippians 3:4b-14

Paul pictures himself as a man in the middle, a [...]

Crucifixion
Commentary on Philippians 2:5-11

To our present American culture obsessed with taking selfies and [...]

Great Catch of Fish
Commentary on Revelation 5:11-14

Easter is a season of prayer, praise, and worship. Revelation [...]

Shepherd in a landscape with goats
Commentary on Revelation 7:9-17

The theology of baptism is given depth of meaning in [...]

Gustav Klimt, Nine Drawings for the Execution of a Frieze
Commentary on Revelation 21:10, 22—22:5

The view of the future offered by John of Patmos [...]

The Ascension
Commentary on Ephesians 1:15-23

The earlier preaching studies for this passage gathered here in [...]