Scripture
Luke Timothy Johnson wants us to read Paul in all his complexity
“What advantage do we gain by possessing a Pauline theology that lies outside and above his writings?”
November 28, Advent 1C (Luke 21:25-36)
What if Jesus is snatching us out of our desire for another world?
November 21, Reign of Christ Sunday (John 18:33-37)
Ultimately, the reign of God is God’s government set up in the human heart.
November 14, Ordinary 33B (1 Samuel 1:4–20)
What if we put children at the center of our policies and decisions?
Understanding the biblical Herods
Bruce Chilton moves Herod the Great and Herod Antipas from backdrop to center stage.
November 7, All Saints B (Isaiah 25:6–9)
The prophet Isaiah sings an eschatological melody.
October 31, Ordinary 31B (Ruth 1:1-18)
The story of two grieving and economically insecure women is the hinge of the entire covenant history.
October 24, Ordinary 30B (Mark 10:46-52)
More than a miracle story, this is a story of a call.
October 17, Ordinary 29B (Job 38:1-7, 34-41)
I don’t want to hear any more from Eliphaz, Bildad, or Zophar. I want answers.
God’s nose
When COVID took my sense of smell, I was drawn to the Bible’s description of God’s.
The New Testament’s most dangerous book for Jews
Reading and preaching Hebrews without supersessionism
October 3, Ordinary 27B (Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12)
Israel’s claim that all people are created in God’s image is strikingly egalitarian.
October 10, Ordinary 28B (Hebrews 4:12-16)
The purpose of the word of God is not to make us feel condemnable, but to help us see what is commendable.
Jesus the poet
We are invited to bring the rich resources of our senses and imaginations into the realm of faith.
September 26, Ordinary 26B (James 5:13–20)
I regularly pray for things that are unlikely to come about quickly, if at all.
A male scholar looks at the Bible’s women
According to James McGrath, unless Jesus was able to learn from others, he wasn’t truly human.
September 19, Ordinary 25B (Proverbs 31:10–31)
Does a good woman give and give and give without thought to her own well-being?