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Last week’s text, the parable of the sower, focused on the yield produced by the seed that fell on good soil. In contrast, the parable of the weeds (sometimes called ‘tares’) focuses on the judgment (...)

In my column two months ago, “Nature’s Warning,” I reflected on messages creation itself seems to be conveying through the outbreak of COVID-19. The Bible often speaks of nature forcing change upon people who will (...)

In this text, although Jesus is referring to the generation of his time, it seems it could just as easily be addressed to our generation. Jesus describes a generation that cannot recognize the truth that (...)

W. H. Bellinger, Jr. is Professor of Religion Emeritus at Baylor University where he served for decades as Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew as well as Chair of the Department of Religion.  Recent publications (...)

Nancy deClaissé-Walford is professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia.  She is the author of four books:  Reading from the Beginning:  The Shaping (...)

An overview of the Narrative Lectionary Year 3, fall. Promises, promises Some preachers and worship leaders who follow the Narrative Lectionary (NL) have found it useful to divide the year into smaller units. The following (...)

The passage seems to contain multiple voices: a preacher and healer, an administrator, and YHWH.1 These three speakers play a major role in the Jerusalem renaissance. General Mission 61:1-3b The literary motifs of Isaiah 40-55 (...)

There are two patches in Joel’s prophetic quilt.1 Scholars do not agree on the editorial history of the book of Joel. Some argue for a ninth century date, while others suggest a Persian period (500-350 (...)

After a first, poetic account in Genesis 1, Genesis 2-3 offers a complementary narrative account of the beginnings of creation. Together these three chapters present creation through a bifocal lens that affirms both the profound, (...)

“They said nothing to nobody — they were afraid, you see.” That’s a fairly literal, inelegant English rendering of Mark 16:8. Could the evangelist have ended his Gospel like this? What kind of victor is (...)