General Introduction – The end of the season – On doctoral regalia – Summer courses – Slightly less minor internet celebrities – Ongoing projects Witches in the Bible – Saul…

General Introduction – Yet more weather talk – Light and heavy episodes – Books for aspiring seminarians – Listener feedback Historical Background – The dedicatory epistle – Flattering the pope…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 21 April 2013 (4th Sunday of Easter, Year C) Acts 9:36-43  •  Psalm 23  •  Revelation 7:9-17  •  John 10:22-30 I’ve taught Revelation, in its entirety, four times in the last…

General Introduction – Presenting Dr. Farmer – Listener mail – Ronald Nash – Will we resurrect the forums? Elijah’s Etymology – Changing names – My God is YHWH – Idolatry…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 14 April 2013 (3rd Week of Easter, Year C) Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)  •  Psalm 30  • Revelation 5:11-14  • John 21:1-19 I suppose I could blame my own blindness with regards…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 31 March 2013 (Easter Sunday, Year C) Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25  • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24  • 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43  • John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12 Some of you might have suspected that I…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 17 February 2013 (First Sunday of Lent, Year C) Deuteronomy 26:1-11  •  Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16  •  Romans 10:8b-13  •  Luke 4:1-13 I tend to make much of the parallels between Moses…

General Introduction – Grubbs is back! – Old English – Snow – Listener feedback Etymology – Not promising – Madness and wood Biblical Forests – The Epic of Gilgamesh –…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 10 February 2013 (Transfiguration Sunday, Year C) Exodus 34:29-35  • Psalm 99  • 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2  • Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a) Returning to this episode in the gospels reminds me that I’ve…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 3 February 2013 (Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Jeremiah 1:4-10  •  Psalm 71:1-6  •  1 Corinthians 13:1-13  •  Luke 4:21-30 Popular acclaim can get ugly in a hurry.  Certainly that’s…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 27 January 2013 (Third Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10  • Psalm 19  • 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a  • Luke 4:14-21 “To fulfill” is one of…

  Revised Common Lectionary Page for 20 January 2013 (Second Sunday of Epiphany, Year C) Isaiah 62:1-5  • Psalm 36:5-10  • 1 Corinthians 12:1-11  • John 2:1-11 People in my Christian tradition, and…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 13 January 2013 (Baptism of the Lord, Year C) Isaiah 43:1-7  • Psalm 29  • Acts 8:14-17  • Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Promises concerning Israel’s future are about restoring a past that…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 9 December 2012 (Second Sunday of Advent, Year C) Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4  • Luke 1:68-79  • Philippians 1:3-11  • Luke 3:1-6 Perhaps it’s because I’ve been re-reading Walter Brueggemann’s big Theology of…

Revised Common Lectionary Page for 2 December 2012 (First Sunday of Advent, Year C) Jeremiah 33:14-16  • Psalm 25:1-10  • 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13  • Luke 21:25-36 People who know me, in person or…