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In today’s Gospel text, we find a man who must enjoy living on the edge. Jesus is a mysterious figure throughout the gospels, but here in Luke we get a distinctive glimpse into the ministry (...)

Many scriptural texts can be read in isolation of their context and still provide some meaning.1 However, some texts, like these verses from James, benefit greatly from reading what precedes it (if not orally in (...)

Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 is timely for the season of Advent. We come in these Advent Sundays to hear and experience the kingship of the Messiah, who has come, is present, and will come in power (...)

The Corinthians failed to practice the Lord’s Supper correctly. Though this failure was detrimental to the edification of First Church Corinth, it is fortunate for us, since 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 is the only place where (...)

For modern-day Christians, the cross has become purely a religious symbol.1 It adorns the walls of our homes and our places of worship, its presence marks our altars as holy places, and we wear it (...)

Apocalyptic language is used in 2 Peter 3:8-15a to express the seriousness of Christian holiness and divine judgment. For many Protestant believers, a category for a judgment according to works does not exist; we’re saved (...)

Mark Twain worried, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.” Meet this Sunday’s lection. Jesus speaks “quite openly” (Mark 8:32a). (...)

How do you begin a letter to a bickering church? Paul began it with foolishness — the foolishness of the cross. The passage today is a theological re-centering — a reminder that the gospel does (...)

The poets and compilers of the Book of Psalms were clearly in touch with a perennial human issue — happiness.1 “Happy” is the very first word in the Psalter, and the repetition of “happy” in (...)

This passage marks an important transition in the story of David and the institution of the Davidic monarchy. David is at peace and secure in both his house and the kingdom. He considers it time (...)