For Trinity 3 in this Year C, we finish our mini-series on Galatians with (most of) the final chapter, Galatians 6.[1-6] 7-16. (The lectionary choice is again slightly odd; the first part should be ...

It is sometimes remarked that it is uncouth to discuss religion and politics. Throw into that mix money, sex, and death, and ...

The Book of Revelation is a strange book to read. As someone once said about the Troubles in Northern Ireland: 'If you're not ...

When I first started studying theology, our set text for our New Testament Greek class was 1 Peter, the same text which is ...

The lectionary readings for Trinity 1 in Year C are Galatians 3.23-29 and Luke 8.26-39. In Gal 3, Paul is dealing with the ...

The lectionary reading for Trinity 2 in Year C is Luke 9.51–62, and the epistle is Gal 5.1, 13–25. Commentary on the gospel reading follows below. For video discussion of the gospel reading, see here; ...

The lectionary readings for Trinity 2 in Year C are Galatians 5.1, 13-25 Luke 9.51-end. In Galatians 5, Paul explores the meaning of freedom in Christ. This is not freedom to indulge the desires of ...

My friend Ed Shaw is publishing an important book this week, addressing an issue which is a key issue in contemporary culture ...

The lectionary reading for Trinity 1, Year C, is Luke's version of Jesus meeting and healing the demon-possessed man in the ...