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Se considera el evangelio de Juan como un espejo de toda la cultura y religión del mundo antiguo. Las epístolas de Juan se mueven en el mismo círculo que el evangelio, pero exhiben pocos rasgos (...)

In order to understand Isaiah 60:1–6 in its postexilic context, it is crucial to understand both the language and the structure of the pericope. The language of the pericope is crucial because the second-person pronouns (...)

Luke’s story of Jesus being presented in the temple explicitly suggests that his parents brought him to Jerusalem in accordance with the Law of Moses. The story mentions at least four times that Jesus’ parents (...)

The second reading assigned for the Second Sunday of Advent in the lectionary can seem like liturgical whiplash. The lection for the First Sunday was the introduction of one of Paul’s letters, paired with texts (...)

Editor’s Note: This article provides suggestions for a 6-week preaching series that departs from the Revised Common Lectionary. Dates are matched to Epiphany 2024, but it can be adapted to any season.  Series overview This (...)

Ask any preacher to name the most challenging days to preach, and national holidays will surely be near the top of the list. Whether preparing for Sunday worship with their own congregations on or near (...)

Sandwiched between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals, John sees a great multitude of people waving palms, offering praise to God, and wearing robes made white in the blood of the Lamb. Those (...)

Psalm 34 belongs to the so-called wisdom psalms in the Psalter, or maybe it is better to say that it contains several motifs which are connected to the wisdom literature in the Old Testament, since (...)

Years ago there was a campaign from the milk industry in the United States that asked a simple question: “Got milk?” In those commercials there was often a child or a cow with a chocolate (...)

1 Thessalonians 2:1–8 continues the extended thanksgiving that Paul begins in 1:2–10, and the lectionary fittingly identifies 2:1–8 as a pericope. The explanatory gar in the Greek text of verse 1 highlights the thematic continuity (...)