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The journey that began ten chapters ago is almost over: “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, [Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). Immediately after that, Jesus (...)

John’s second report of Jesus’ resurrection appearance serves as the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Easter in Year A, B, and C. Most scholars believe this chapter concludes the Johannine story, with John (...)

Prophecy is all about relationships and the expressions of loyalty. Verse one set the context for the statement of relationships and obligations as the impending transitions. The language of whirlwind (se’ara) can be associated with (...)

Luke 10:1-24 records the mission of the Seventy(-two) and its aftermath. We will focus on Luke 10:1-12 and 17-20. The introductory phrase, “After these things” (10:1a) ties this episode to what immediately precedes and thus (...)

The week’s reading from Amos contains two different units: a prose vision report in Amos 8:1-3 and a poetic announcement of judgment in Amos 8:4-12. (The second unit continues to the end of the chapter, (...)

On the wall of the bedroom that my younger brother and I shared was a painting of a young boy standing at the wheel of a ship, piloting it through stormy weather. In the background, (...)

With a wonderful mixed metaphor, our passage captures the dynamics of Christian discipleship. “As you, therefore, have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him (...)

This week’s first lesson moves the narrative from a divine encounter under the terebinths at Mamre to the road to Sodom. As the narrative makes this shift, keep in mind the Lord’s question to Abraham (...)

The lectionary-driven preacher is rarely invited to deliver a sermon based on a text from Proverbs. Only a half dozen texts from that book appear in the Revised Common Lectionary. The Lutheran lectionary has even (...)

Hebrews 13 can read like a list of rules — do this and don’t do that — but it also includes some vital and enduring theological truths. The instructions and the grounds for those instructions (...)