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Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, David Lose, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Easter 3: Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4 (3), 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, David Lose, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Easter 2: Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133 (1), 1 John 1:1–2:2, John 20:19-31

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, David Lose, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Lent 2: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Psalm 22:23-31 (27), Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, David Lose, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Pentecost 19: Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18, Psalm 1(2), 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-4

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, David Lose, and Matt Skinner,for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Epiphany 3: Isaiah 9:1-4 Psalm 27:1, 4-9 (1) 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23

A third way of preaching the psalms is to preach the theology and faith practices of the various psalm genres–the laments (prayer for help), the hymns, the songs of thanksgiving, the instructional psalms (wisdom psalms), (...)

I often tell preachers, “If you can crack open a psalm, you’ll always have something to preach, because the lectionary assigns a psalm for every Sunday.” If you do not make a regular practice of (...)

The song of the angels in Luke 2:14, traditionally known as the Gloria, speaks of the heavens and the earth, God and human beings. While the Greek text does not state the word for “heavens” (...)

At first glance, the lectionary’s juxtaposition of this text—God’s promise to David of a permanent dynastic kingdom—with Luke 1:26–38 might suggest it is only useful as a prooftext, in a supporting role to the Gospel (...)

Ezekiel 37 is probably the most well-known passage from this prophetic book. Inevitably, when I tell people of faith that I am writing about Ezekiel, they mention the valley of dry bones. So, the imagery (...)