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Christmas 1 • Isaiah 61:10–62:3 • January 1, 2012
by Henry Rowold Sometimes Christians find the prophetic writings strange territory because those writings seem to be an unending boiling and churning of divine wrath and horrifying judgment. The New Testament seems…
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Christmas Day • Isaiah 52:7–10 • December 25, 2011
by Paul Devantier Today, we wait for word of some important event by staying close to the television, the radio, the Internet, or to our cell phones. We sit in the waiting room…
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Compassion, Mercy, and Diakonia
What happens when we use the term “mercy” to describe our actions toward our neighbor or the church’s orientation to the world?
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Advent 4 • 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16 • December 18, 2011
by Jeffrey A. Gibbs The reading offers, in its OT context, a strong example of the truth that “God’s ways are higher and greater than our ways.” Specifically, the reading presents a powerful…
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And now…The Anthropocene Epoch, or The Age of Man
We’ve done it. We’ve remade creation according to our own needs, desires, and vision. And so it is now different than it has ever been before
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Advent 3 • Isaiah 61:1–4, 8–11 • December 11, 2011
by William Wrede Behold Your Salvation The Season of Advent presents unique challenges not only for the preacher but for the congregation as well. While shorter than Lent, the pastor and the people…
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Advent 2 • Isaiah 40:1–11 • December 4, 2011
by David Wollenburg The Old Testament lesson for today does more than simply serve as the first lesson for this day; it summarizes the theme of Advent 2. Indeed, it summarizes the message…
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Advent 1 • Isaiah 64:1–9 • November 27, 2011
by Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. The song goes that, after Deuteronomy, Isaiah is the most monotheistic book in the Old Testament. The confession of faith that the Shema (“Hear O Israel, the…
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Greek Zombies
The disciples inspected the oars, while Jesus made a bench. It gets dark after that . . .
