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The sixth Sunday of Easter may feel a bit like the 12th day of Christmas—officially still in the zone, but practically speaking, most people have moved on. All the presents have been opened: Preachers have (...)

Within the New Testament, only Luke-Acts divides Jesus’ resurrection, his ascension, and the giving of the Holy Spirit into three distinct and temporally separated events (compare John 20, which talks about them all on the (...)

What is the connection between wisdom and joy? In the text appointed for today, Wisdom is personified as female, and in her humanity finds all knowledge, insight, and truth. Wisdom is also portrayed as delighting (...)

Después de predicar el “sermón del llano” (Lc. 6:20-49), donde enfatiza la misericordia y el amor del mensaje del Reino de Dios (vv. 20-26), ordenando incluso el amor a los “enemigos” (vv. 27-36), Jesús comienza (...)

According to 1 Chronicles 16, when David brought the ark to Jerusalem, he also appointed Asaph and other Levites to sing praises to God. Their praise included Psalm 96 (minus the opening line and several (...)

Because I am a Psalms scholar, I am always on the lookout for where and when the Psalms show up, whether it be in worship or in the public arena. While preparing to write this (...)

Hundreds of years before Jesus is born and embarks on a ministry of healing and preaching, Isaiah announces good news of God’s coming return to his people, Israel. At the time of God’s return and (...)

How do we know that Elijah is really a “man of God”? The widow of Zarephath is unsure of Elijah’s identity when, after taking the prophet into her home, her son becomes deathly sick. By (...)

Imagine if you had invited guests to your home for dinner and suddenly someone entered your dining room uninvited and unexpected. I know that I would not be very happy regardless of whom the person (...)

Long before the insights from contemporary psychology concerning repression, biofeedback loops, and psychosomatic disorders, the ancient psalmist knew very clearly that unacknowledged and unresolved guilt could have serious physical consequences. There is no reason to (...)