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Introducción Lucas 21:5-19 (cf. Mc. 13:1-13 y Mt. 24:1-14) usa como base el texto de Marcos. El texto de Lucas fue escrito después del año 70 d. C. en un contexto histórico distinto al de (...)

As with the story of Jesus being born in a barn (see the commentary on Luke 2:1-14), our Nativity sets, alongside much classic artwork, Christmas pageants in church, and many Christmas cards, have romanticized the (...)

El texto de Lucas 20:27-38 (cf. Mc 12:18-27 y Mt 22:23-33) puede ser analizado por su estructura (agregando los versículos 39-40) de la siguiente manera: A    Inicia con el v. 27 con los saduceos como (...)

Today’s lection is one of the four “Servant Songs” in Isaiah. The church has nearly forever seen these texts as pointers to Jesus. That is not a bad move in itself, unless we use it (...)

Christianity is, in many ways, a faith built on paradoxes.1 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 (...)

I have argued in the previous commentary that the Pastoral Epistles weave together clear, practical, instructional injunctions addressed to specific members of the communities and general kerygmatic theological comments. Here we have another example: in (...)

Advent and Christmas never fail to stir up a vast range of emotions.1 There is holiday cheer and family warmth and commercially-catalyzed retail therapy aplenty. There is also FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in full (...)

This lectionary reading takes up only the first half of Jesus’ reply to John the Baptizer’s question about whether Jesus is, indeed, the “coming one.” Jesus’ full reply begins with a list of sign-acts (11:4-5) (...)

This episode interrupts the larger story of Jesus to introduce the one who “prepares the way of the Lord.” While informing us about John the Baptizer’s role, it also locates the ministries of John and (...)

There are many striking features of Romans 15:4–13 that might stimulate a preacher’s imagination. It begins and ends with God-given hope (verse 4, 12–13). It is filled with exhortations to glorify God because of God’s (...)