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Karoline Lewis brings a ray of warmth (and wisdom!) from sunny San Diego. While attending the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion annual meetings–where the discussions get deep into the weeds–Karoline reflects (...)

Colossians 3:12–17 is an inspiring and lofty vision of what the Christian life looks like. But this vision is not sentimental, and nothing in it is random or boilerplate. Paul is giving practical expression to (...)

The lectionary calls for reading Hebrews 1:1–14 on Christmas Day, but Epiphany or Eastertide could provide other opportunities for churchgoers to hear its message afresh. “Epiphany” refers to the manifestation of God in Christ, and (...)

Preaching on prophetic texts during the Advent season provides an opportunity to proclaim the gospel with some of the Bible’s most evocative poetry and audacious prose. While Isaiah may win the prizes in Advent for (...)

For All Saints Sunday, Karoline Lewis reflects on the power of unbinding in John 11. From hospital rooms to our own lives, the promise of resurrection is freedom. Preaching is all about unbinding the dead and (...)

Many will remember Roots, Alex Haley’s 1976 phenomenal book that was a New York Times bestseller for 46 weeks. We will also remember the must-see television miniseries thereafter, as 130 million people tuned in to (...)

Good news can take different forms. John the Baptizer’s message is an example. More than any other Gospel, Luke reports the content of John’s message. He addresses hearers as a “brood of vipers,” calls for (...)

On the second Sunday of Advent, John the Baptizer gets a little limelight. By this point in Luke’s Gospel, readers already know a great deal about John: he will be a prophet, filled with the (...)

The opening verses of Revelation are perfectly suited to Christ the King Sunday, affirming our conviction that God has indeed given Jesus the name before which all creatures will bow in reverent submission, proclaiming Jesus (...)

Sacrificial giving is, according to ChatGPT, the most popular main point of sermons on Mark 12:41–44. The second-most popular one is basically the same as the first: God’s value system is different from human assessment. (...)