Tag: sin

  • March 10, 2021
    Fourth Sunday in Lent   Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-21 Jesus makes a curious comparison to an even more curious story.…
  • August 29, 2018
    Fifteenth Sunday After PentecostSong of Solomon 2:8-13James 1:17-27Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 What do we name as good? What do we…
  • July 19, 2017
    Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 20:10-19 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-43 “You can add up the parts You won't have the…
  • June 29, 2017
    Genesis 22:1-14 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 While they have long been a part of traditions and folkways in various cultures,…
  • March 18, 2015
    Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 51:1-12 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33 In the undergraduate Christian Ethics course I teach…
  • August 29, 2011
    12th Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 33:1-11 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20   It is strangely comforting to hear Jesus talking about…
  • August 1, 2008
    “Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, ‘Surely we are not blind, are we?’ Jesus…