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Commentary on Titus 3:4-7
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/christmas-day-nativity-of-our-lord-ii/commentary-on-titus-34-7-13Everything has changed! With the breaking of Mary’s water and the infant Jesus taking his first breath, glorious light floods the plains where shepherds keep their watch. Triumphant declaration upends the monotony on this world-altering (...)
Commentary on Psalm 37:1-9
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-27-3/commentary-on-psalm-371-9-6I had a seminary professor who insisted that when we wrote about someone else’s point of view, even someone whose words and actions we found problematic, reprehensible, or “wicked” (verse 1), we should write in (...)
Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:1-7
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-25-3/commentary-on-1-timothy-21-7-6In 1 Timothy 2:1–7, the author shifts into the specific “instructions” (tēn paraggelian, see also 1:3–4) that he first mentions in 1:18. The goal of such instruction is “faith and a good conscience” (New Revised (...)
Commentary on Genesis 15:1-6
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-19-3/commentary-on-genesis-151-6-9Under ideal conditions—no clouds, moon, or light pollution, and a full sky view—the naked human eye can see light from just around 3000 stars. Yet using our own galaxy, the Milky Way, as the model, (...)
Commentary on Colossians 3:1-11
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-18-3/commentary-on-colossians-31-11-6The striking language and descriptions in Colossians 3:1–11 build on the claims Paul (whom I here identify as the author for simplicity) has developed since 2:6. In 2:11–15, Paul writes of the Colossians’ transformation (see (...)
Commentary on Genesis 18:20-32
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-17-3/commentary-on-genesis-1820-32-6Genesis 18:20–32, the gripping account of Abraham’s intercession for the city of Sodom, is far more than an ancient tale of divine judgment and human pleading. When read through the theological horizon opened by Pentecost—the (...)
Commentary on Colossians 1:1-14
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-15-3/commentary-on-colossians-11-14-6Colossians 1:1–14 includes the greeting and thanksgiving of what we know as Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Among the 13 Pauline letters, Colossians is a disputed epistle. Importantly, “disputed” does not mean that Paul did (...)
Commentary on Revelation 21:1-6; 22:1-5
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/narrative-lectionary/preaching-series-on-revelation-6-of-6/commentary-on-revelation-131-18• 7/27/2025: Revelation 1:4-8; accompanying text: John 8:13-20 • 8/3/2025: Revelation 4:1-11; accompanying text: John 17:1-5 • 8/10/2025: Revelation 5:1-13; accompanying text: John 1:29-31 • 8/17/2025: Revelation 7:9-17; accompanying text: John 14:1-4 • 8/24/2025: Revelation (...)
Commentary on Revelation 4:1-11
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/narrative-lectionary/preaching-series-on-revelation-2-of-6/commentary-on-revelation-14-8-8• 7/27/2025: Revelation 1:4-8; accompanying text: John 8:13-20 • 8/3/2025: Revelation 4:1-11; accompanying text: John 17:1-5 • 8/10/2025: Revelation 5:1-13; accompanying text: John 1:29-31 • 8/17/2025: Revelation 7:9-17; accompanying text: John 14:1-4 • 8/24/2025: Revelation (...)
Commentary on Revelation 1:4-8
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/narrative-lectionary/preaching-series-on-revelation-2025/commentary-on-revelation-14-8-7• 7/27/2025: Revelation 1:4-8; accompanying text: John 8:13-20 • 8/3/2025: Revelation 4:1-11; accompanying text: John 17:1-5 • 8/10/2025: Revelation 5:1-13; accompanying text: John 1:29-31 • 8/17/2025: Revelation 7:9-17; accompanying text: John 14:1-4 • 8/24/2025: Revelation (...)