Christmas Day — Titus 2:11-14
God as savior, Jesus as God’s glory.
Jesus’s Three Selves in Romans 1
Fourth Sunday of Advent — Romans 1:1-7
Flesh <–> brother; spirit <–> son; corpse <–> lord.
Who is Immanuel in Isaiah 7?
Fourth Sunday of Advent — Isaiah 7:10-16
Whoever it is, it’s probably not Jesus.
Jesus Scandalizes in Matthew 11
Third Sunday of Advent — Matthew 11:2-11
What do you expect?
Lectionary: A1
Days dragged into weeks as the young stranger hobbled the switchback path reaching toward the modest summit. A village perched on the eastern rise overlooking the featureless steppe had welcomed his arrival with grace; there he had stayed for two nights and three days restoring his already limited vitality and replenishing his stores for continuing his ascent.
Wearing the Corpse in Romans 13
First Sunday of Advent — Romans 13:11-14
One size fits all.
Two Tickets to Paradise in Luke 23
Last Sunday After Pentecost — Luke 23:33-43
Ignorance is bliss.
The End in Luke 21
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost — Luke 21:5-19
The future is cloudy.
Will Work for Food in 2 Thessalonians 3
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost — 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Whatever happened to give us this day our daily bread?
New Creation in Isaiah 65
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost — Isaiah 65:17-25
Creating as a perfectly imperfect participle.
This Age and That in Luke 20
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost — Luke 20:27-38
…wherein Jesus leaves his listeners in the dark about whether angels have sex.
Jesus’s Killer Breath in 2 Thessalonians 2
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost — 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
A Roman emperor gets blown away.
Sons of Abraham in Luke 19
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost — Luke 19:1-10
Two socially inappropriate characters find common ground.
You All in Joel 2
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost — Joel 2:23-32
…but not all y’all…