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July 2015

July 12, 2015
Today's readings cover the events of Gethsemane, Jesus being brought before Pilate and a Jewish...
July 05, 2015
Between a family reunion on the east coast, and a busy work week, I offer...

June 2015

June 27, 2015
Today's chapters continue Jesus' final sermon at the last supper, which uniquely extends to multiple...
June 20, 2015
Luke 22 opens with "Satan enter[ing] into Judas called Iscariot." John refers to this as "Satan [had]...
June 13, 2015
A short commentary tonight, which I'll try to update later this week. Matthew 25 is...
June 08, 2015
Today covers only one chapter, an interesting one. Known sometimes as the Olivet Discourse (because...
June 07, 2015
We're getting into the last week of Jesus' life. Since it was on sale, I picked...
June 06, 2015
I've gotten behind, due to some unanticipated red-eye travel cross-country, spontaneous camping in Nauvoo with...

May 2015

May 16, 2015
Today we're covering less territory. In fact, we can focus entirely on one chapter. What’s...
May 09, 2015
Today's lesson covers a grab-bag of parables, many about money. Before getting to them though......
May 03, 2015
Two chapters of John today. John 9:1-3 These verses (as well as other scriptural or...
May 02, 2015
Bits and pieces this week. John 7:1- Who are "the Jews?" John frequently says things...

April 2015

April 25, 2015
Two parables today, that of the unjust servant, and that of the good samaritan. First,...
April 19, 2015
Today is a bit harried. We've been on the road, my wife successfully defended her...

March 2015

March 27, 2015
Last Saturday night, I was asked to pinch hit for Gospel Doctrine. Since my posts here...
March 21, 2015
Some short commentary on John 5 with pictures, today. Jesus goes to Jerusalem for a...
March 14, 2015
Matthew 13 is a series of long and short parables,  which furnishes us with a...
March 06, 2015
More stories today in the Gospels, including several Sabbath Controversies. In the following commentary, I assume that...

February 2015

February 28, 2015
In keeping with Jesus' style of connecting seemingly-unconnected bits, I'm going to offer some short bits...
February 20, 2015
This begins the first of several weeks coverage of what's come to be known as The...
February 14, 2015
Each lesson covers a good number of stories. Today covers Mark 1-2, among others. Mark...
February 13, 2015
This week’s assigned readings are something of a potpourri of miracle stories: healings, exorcisms, nature...
February 08, 2015
My focus today is on a passage from Luke 4. In his hometown of Nazareth,...
February 07, 2015
This week I read from the assigned passages in Luke, beginning with Jesus’ visit to...

January 2015

January 31, 2015
Today I focus on Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus, in John 3. Nicodemus was a "leader...
January 24, 2015
Introduction One of the pericope assigned this week is the story of the first disciples...
January 24, 2015
Come Follow Me has reordered and regrouped the reading from previous New Testament years. Unfortunately, I don't...
January 12, 2015
Third Lesson – again, only the Synoptic tradition is represented, this time by Matthew 2...
January 10, 2015
Second lesson. As with the first lesson, we read for what insight into these six...
January 03, 2015
First lesson of 2015—where does the time go? As Ben said, I’m an exegete, and...
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