Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:15-20
For the last two Sundays, the Hebrew lectionary texts have [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 40:21-31
Every pastor has observed a person coming to faith for the first time, whether a [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 2:1-12
Second Kings 2 begins with one of the most dramatic openings in the scriptures; casually [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]
Have you ever thought you heard someone call your name [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Joel is a particularly timeless text. There are insufficient contextual [...]
Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17
God’s words to Noah and his sons in Genesis 9:9-10 are reasonably translated: “As for [...]
Commentary on Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Genesis is a book about beginning: the beginning of humankind, [...]
Commentary on Exodus 20:1-17
The Decalogue was God’s direct address to Israel: “God spoke all these words” (“words,” not [...]
Commentary on Numbers 21:4-9
Nearly everything about this text feels far removed from 21st-century life.1 It chafes against both [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
The images used in Jeremiah 31 are predominantly familial rather [...]