Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Luke 2:1-14 [15-20]

For the Christmas Eve preacher, it may feel challenging to [...]

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Comentario del San Lucas 2:1-14, (15-20)

Lucas 2:1‑20 Lc 2:1-20 forma una unidad y corresponde a [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 1:18-25

The Messiah has two fathers The first line of Matthew’s Gospel, which may also be [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 7:10-16

Here is the promise: God is with us, so that we might live.1 God is [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19

Advent and Christmas never fail to stir up a vast [...]

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Commentary on Romans 1:1-7

Paul’s greeting in his letter to the Romans (1:1–7) immediately focusses the audience’s attention on [...]

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Commentary on Matthew 11:2-11

This lectionary reading takes up only the first half of Jesus’ reply to John the [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 35:1-10

One of the great pleasures of proclaiming God’s words from the book of Isaiah is [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 146:5-10

The third Sunday in Advent has become the rare moment when Protestant churches pay a [...]

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Commentary on James 5:7-10

A central theological and pastoral thrust of Advent is the correlation between God’s impending endgame [...]