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Psalm 26 is a sturdy prayer that can be prayed by any individual at any time.1 The morally upright citizen can echo the psalm’s claims of integrity with confidence. The hopelessly accused sinner can voice (...)

It can be challenging to preach from this lectionary passage. It’s not that it lacks substance. It’s that it touches on so many aspects of life in Christ that it’s not possible to cover them (...)

“Yo perdono, pero no olvido” (Refrán popular) La iglesia es una comunidad en la que se fomentan relaciones fraternas que van más allá del simple encuentro entre personas en una reunión dominical. Conforme a las (...)

Christians are often eager to follow John’s Gospel in typologically linking the “bread from heaven” of Exodus 16 with the incarnation of Christ and the Eucharistic meal (John 6:30-58). This week’s lectionary pairing moves in (...)

One traditional interpretation of the parable has been to focus on 20:16 (“the last will be first,” etc.) and to insist on understanding the parable as a statement about the gift of eternal life, as (...)

The narrative of Exodus 16:2-15 is powerful and rich with homiletical possibilities. Divine testing, the function of God’s instruction (torah) in our lives, and the importance of complaint are just a few of the themes (...)

Matthew highlights Jesus’ authority as a central, albeit contested issue throughout the Gospel (for example, Matthew 7:28-29, 9:32-34, 12:24, 28:18). Matthew is not content, however, with the simple claim that Jesus possesses divine power, nor (...)

What actually happened at the temple when Jesus entered Jerusalem? Why was the Jerusalem leadership so disturbed by Jesus’ actions and words? Was this the turning point in Jesus’ overall mission? Many biblical scholars think (...)

What should proper care of a vineyard look like? What should tenant farmers who lease the land give back to the one who owns all of the land?1 Jesus used another parable with another landowner (...)

The speaker is Isaiah (“my”; 5:1, 9); the prophet speaks in the first person for the first time. The “beloved,” the owner of the vineyard, is God and the “vineyard” is Israel (5:7). After speaking (...)