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Christianity is, in many ways, a faith built on paradoxes. Old and New Testaments alike bear witness to a God characterized by both mercy and justice, both grace and truth (John 1:14). This God we (...)

In terms of lasting impact on the imagination and piety of both Jewish and Christian tradition, there are few texts with greater reverberations than Isaiah 6. This text, throne vision and call story, is a (...)

For Paul, belief in the bodily resurrection is not optional. It does not matter to him how scandalous it sounds. The scandal is part of the good news. Nonetheless, some of the Corinthians must have (...)

Neither prayer nor praise, Psalm 37 is an alphabetic acrostic, a form that is often associated with Israelite wisdom circles (see “wisdom” in verse 30). For this reason, along with the fact that Psalm 37 (...)

La lectura del evangelio de Mateo de hoy forma parte del Sermón del Monte (Mt 5:3–7:27) y sirve como un llamado para recordar aquella triste realidad que se nos pasa por alto a menudo, a (...)

Isaiah 55 appears at the end of the so-called “Book of Comfort” (Isaiah 40-55), which is believed to be addressed to the exiles who were returning from Babylon.1 It appears that Isaiah 40-48 is addressed (...)

Writing to the Corinthians in the sixth decade of the first century, Paul provides the first written account we have of Jesus’ last evening with his disciples. His description, like the similar Synoptic accounts (Matthew (...)

Psalm 22 is a prayer of complaint that, perhaps more than any psalm, serves as a link between the Old Testament and the story of Jesus’ passion. 1 Indeed, this psalm is an appropriate lectionary (...)

El sábado terminó con el entierro de Jesús. El domingo, primer día de la semana, abre un nuevo capítulo con tres escenas. Primera escena (vv. 1-2): María Magdalena se levanta “de mañana, siendo aún oscuro” (...)

Prior to the opening of the dreaded seventh seal, Revelation delivers an amazing and hope-filled surprise: a “salvation interlude,” assuring God’s people they are protected.1 Just when we are expecting even more destruction with the (...)