Note: the original web page lists the first reading as Galatians 1:6-12|Jesus says that we will be called to give witness on his account, and the terms that he uses imply that this will be in outstanding circumstances --- ...

What John's gospel says in the Greek is that we must be begotten "again," but the Greek word can also mean "from above." Translators must choose one meaning or the other --- they cannot do otherwise --- but John might well ...

Zechariah speaks of Yahweh returning all of His people to Jerusalem, where they will be happy, but this is a promise which the Lord does not seem to have kept, at least not yet.|The prophet is responding to the fact that ...

What does Jesus mean when he implies that we should be like the "head of a household who knows how to bring forth from his storeroom both the new and the old"? Even though he is talking to his disciples and speaks of any ...

The villagers recognize that Jesus has both wisdom and miraculous powers, but their problem seems to be that they need to understand the origin of these special qualities, need to discover his credentials just as the ...

If I had a small child, maybe 3 or 4 years old, who was very, very well-behaved, who never got dirty, who never asked for anything or questioned anything whatsoever, and who was nothing but completely obedient at all ...

Luke has put together three short passages that give us a picture of a Jesus that we don't often see, a Jesus whom I would say is burning with zeal, absolutely driven by the Spirit. This Jesus is a whirlwind, His hand on ...

Love is, among other things, a union of two individuals in such a manner that the two actually do become one (or at least move steadily in that direction.) One of the aspects of living such love out is that each of the ...

We may read this Gospel as one more clash in a series of conflicts between Jesus and the Pharisees, one more invitation on his part which becomes a rejection on theirs, but that is an area for theologians to consider. What ...

This is a long and complex passage from John's Gospel, but I think that we can say at least that it does have a central topic, namely the union of minds, hearts, and action of the Father and the Son. We might even consider ...