Well, I fell behind during the Christmas break and didn’t keep up with posting. I did keep up with reading, and I may even post some of my thoughts on the older passages as I have time. I hope you won’t mind finding those in the feed. Today I will post some overviews of the…
The attached audio is from an introduction to Mark I presented for a radio program in 2003. {audio}mark_intro.mp3{/audio}
It’s not surprising that, as I read the passages for Advent 1B, [corrected from 1A-What can I have been thinking?] I got the sense of expectation, and even just a bit (or more) of impatience. We have the prayer for God’s intervention and protection in Psalm 80, the cry for God to rend the heavens…
The following audio introduction comes from a previously podcast series on 1 Corinthians. It will serve as introductory notes for the various comments I will make on passages from 1 Corinthians. I think it is very important to consider the structure of the letter in understanding these passages. The first epistle to the Corinthians is…
I will use a number of standard references, and will cite them in brackets [] by abbreviation. I list the references I expect to cite regularly in the list below. I will expand this list as I work. In cases of lexicons, dictionaries and commentaries, where the particular reference is quite obvious, I will just…
My pastor preached from the gospel lesson, Matthew 25:31-46 this past Sunday, and reminded me of something important. Though this is called a parable, it is really much more of an apocalyptic vision, presenting the scene of judgment day. Besides the differences in the way one would understand a vision and a parable, this provides…
In Judges 4:1-7, when the Israelites cried out, what did they have to say? With Psalm 123 included along with Judges 4:1-7 in Proper 28 / Ordinary 33 / Pentecost +27, I think we have an interesting possibility for preaching on prayer in trouble. My basic starting point would be to suggest to the congregation…
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Peter opens the proclamation of the gospel. Psalm 16 Celebration of deliverance. 1 Peter 1:3-9 The outcome of the testing of our faith. John 20:19-31 Jesus appears to the disciples and the doubting of Thomas.
Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation. 22:12-21 (12-14, 16-17, 20-21) John 17:20-26
Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10,22-22:5 John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9