Hebrews 7:23–28
27 October 2024
Exploring the Scripture Last week’s lectionary text introduced Christ as the High Priest of God. Jews regarded the high priest as a person set apart...
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Hebrews 5:1–10
20 October 2024
Exploring the Scripture Hebrews is a sermon to a community in crisis in Rome. Preached by an unknown preacher during second-generation Christianity, this...
Hebrews 4:12-16
13 October 2024
Exploring the Scripture Hebrews 4 introduces a primary theme: Christ, the High Priest of God. For the next four Sundays, the lectionary focus will develop...
Hebrews 1:1–4; 2:5–12
6 October 2024
Exploring the Scripture Although Hebrews ends as if it were a letter, it opens as an essay. The writer affirms God speaks to humankind throughout the ages...
James 5:13-20
29 September 2024
Exploring the Scripture Jesus and his first followers were Jewish. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism. Thus, early practices in the Christian church...
James 3:13—4:3, 7-8a
22 September 2024
Exploring the Scripture Today’s scripture passage explores two kinds of wisdom. “[E]arthly, unspiritual, devilish” wisdom leads to...
James 3:1-12
15 September 2024
Exploring the Scripture The third conversation in the book of James focuses on temptations to use our words to control, manipulate, and denigrate others...
James 2:1-17
8 September 2024
Exploring the Scripture James 2:1–13 is the first of three passionate discourses about problems in the Christian community. James highlights...
James 1:17-27
1 September 2024
Exploring the Scripture James begins with a letter’s greeting, but the writing more closely resembles a sermon built on wisdom and pithy sayings...
