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The Gospel of John frequently interjects or adds its “meta” (transcending reflection of the subject by turning itself into an object of inquiry) by commenting and providing explanations of its own Gospel narrative (2:21; 6:6; (...)

Welcome to the Third Sunday after Epiphany, the continuing season of Light. Context Much has happened in the Gospel of Mark by the time we reach this week’s Gospel text. The beginning of the Gospel (...)

Nathanael’s preconceptions could have kept him from seeing the Son of God. But he was given more than he could have imagined when Jesus stuck around and a friend invited Nathanael to “come and see.” (...)

Psalm 148 is third in a set of five hymns bounded by “hallelujah” concluding the psalter.1 This hymn focuses on creation and God’s sovereignty, particularly God’s design for creation to harmoniously coexist and praise God. (...)

The book of Joshua concludes with two final speeches (23:1-16; 24:1-24). The second takes place at Shechem, where God had first appeared to Abram in Canaan to reaffirm the promise of land (Genesis 12:7). There (...)

After the parable of the Wicked Tenants (21:33-46), Jesus gives another parable of the Wedding Banquet in 22:1-14. In this parable, the kingdom of God is compared to a king who invites wedding guests for (...)

With the story of John the Baptist’s birth, Luke reveals how the God of Israel is a God who acts in both expected and unexpected ways. Luke portrays the expected, yet unexpected, nature of God’s (...)

En el Evangelio que el leccionario nos presenta este domingo, Jesús continúa instruyendo a sus discípulos a través de experiencias prácticas. San Mateo va a continuar la pauta de San Marcos en el sentido de (...)

The scriptures often describe people and things in absolute terms, with a rhetorical flair I advise my students to avoid.¹ I tell them that critical thinking requires us to seek precision in our language and (...)

The so-called “Feeding of the Five Thousand” appears in all four Gospels (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14). Matthew’s version both recalls Israel’s exodus from Egypt and foreshadows the Last Supper. Framing the (...)