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Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-25-2/commentary-on-proverbs-3110-31-6Proverbs 31:10–31 is perhaps one of the most well known portions of the entire book. Certainly, it has become one of the most popular sections of scripture in modern, evangelical Christian circles. In such spaces, (...)
Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-25-2/commentary-on-jeremiah-1118-20-6A phrase not uncommon in English translation among the prophets is “The word of the LORD that came to…” We find this phrase in the opening verse of Hosea, Joel, Micah, and Zephaniah. Nowhere, however, (...)
Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-24-2/commentary-on-proverbs-120-33-6These days—when progress for civil rights seems to be backsliding, and mis- and disinformation is rampant; when respect, collaboration, and cooperation in public realms seem to have gone out the window—Woman Wisdom’s exasperation in (...)
Comentario del San Juan 6:1-21
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-17-2/comentario-del-san-juan-61-21-5Desde el siglo XIX, el uso de las perspectivas histórico-críticas en el análisis de los textos bíblicos generó, entre otras prácticas, la del estudio descontextualizado de pequeñas porciones o perícopas de un pasaje bajo la (...)
Collin Cornell
https://www.workingpreacher.org/authors/collin-cornellCollin Cornell (Ph.D., Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Bible and Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. Collin teaches in Old Testament and missiological hermeneutics, and his research falls into history of religions, biblical theology, including (...)
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 12:2-10
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-14-2/commentary-on-2-corinthians-122-10-6What is the true spiritual power?1 What constitutes true spiritual authority? How do we distinguish true from false teachers and prophets? Who should we allow to influence us, and whose authority can we trust? And (...)
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-13-2/commentary-on-2-samuel-11-17-27-6Perhaps, Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” was not as radical as you think. Who are your enemies? Life tends to place enemies in our paths through all our domains of life. They may be (...)
Commentary on Mark 4:35-41
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-12-2/commentary-on-mark-435-41-6Unlike Matthew (8:23–27) and Luke (8:22–25), Mark 4:35–41 clocks this episode at evening (verse 35), when a lake’s crossing would have been more hazardous. That some disciples took Jesus with them in a boat “just (...)
Commentary on Mark 3:20-35
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-10-2/commentary-on-mark-320-35-5Mark 3:19b–35 is among the evangelist’s subtlest intercalations: the insertion of one story inside another, inviting us to hear each as the other’s counterpart. Jesus’ refutation of theological teachers (3:22–30) is sandwiched inside his family (...)
Commentary on Luke 24:44-53
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ascension-of-our-lord/commentary-on-luke-2444-53-10Jesus interpreted the Scriptures in three parts: the Messiah must suffer, rise from the dead, and proclaim repentance for forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:45–47). This slogan aims to show how God’s purpose changes social norms (...)