Sunday’s Coming
It’s not about me (John 1:29-42)
Great preaching always points to Jesus.
I wonder (Matthew 3:13-17)
Do baptizer and baptized constitute a hierarchy? How was Jesus’ baptism fulfilling all righteousness?
The Magi’s interfaith encounter (Matthew 2:1-12)
And six stars they offer for our own
Matthew writes a sequel (Matthew 2:13-23)
For which he needs to invent some prophecy
Punctuating the good news (Luke 2:8-20)
Are the angels talking about certain people? Or all people?
Jesus’ many names (Matthew 1:18-25)
Thank God Joseph recognized him.
Mary brings her whole story (Luke 1:46b-55)
If anyone is expecting a lullaby, they better think again.
The crying Messiah (Matthew 3:1-12)
John is thinking about Jesus arriving as an adult, not a baby.
The end of the world (Isaiah 2:1-5; Matthew 24:36-44)
In the midst of anxiety, it can sound like an attractive option for a swift end to come.
Imagining Christ (Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43)
We may see him as fully human. Scripture resounds with his cosmic nature.
New practices (2 Thessalonians 3:6–13)
At this point we’re all into whatever is our way of being together as endemic church.
What do you want from this story? (Luke 20:27–38)
What do you want Jesus to do or say?
Steadfast, resilient, and increasingly happy (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12)
There’s a hard truth about existence in 2 Thessalonians 1 that social science bears out.
God’s promise to repay (Joel 2:23–32)
It is so tender that God would say God owes us one.
More than useful (2 Timothy 3:14-4:5)
Why read the Bible?
Ordinary people (Luke 17:11-19)
There is nothing wrong with the nine. There is something extraordinary about the one.
Is our work too hard? (Luke 17:5-10)
Jesus doesn’t seem to think so.
Another kind of gate (Luke 16:19-31)
The rich man’s approach to Lazarus could have been different.
Turning understanding on its head (Luke 16:1-13)
The inability to make sense of the parable of the unjust manager allows us to experience confusion similar to those first students of Jesus.
Moving through bad days (Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28)
Jeremiah’s ministry bleeds into his humanity.