Reign of Christ (Year B, RCL)

Both Daniel and Revelation compare God’s hair to wool. White enslavers used to say the same thing about hair like mine.

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

This John text causes us to directly contemplate the nature of Jesus’ truth claims.

Ultimately, the reign of God is God’s government set up in the human heart.

Things Pilate cannot touch: creative life, confounding power

Jesus and Maimonides are drinking from the same well: the book of Proverbs.

We need a Christ who manifests his power, not just a Pantocrator of the gaps.

The cross is both foundation and anti-foundation, a disturber of worlds.

In John's prologue, the incarnate Word is the God of creative address.

Robert Barron’s grasp of the complex development of David’s character in 2 Samuel is unsurpassed. And his references to history and literature are more than adornment.

The Gospel of John uses the word "truth" more than any other book in the Bible and way more than the other Gospels combined. Not only that, but many of the most-quoted verses in John, the ones that have shaped Christian discourse over the centuries, have been concerned with the question of truth.

The callousness of Pontius Pilate was legendary: if you could choose your judge, you did not want him. Jesus cannot choose.

What are the best Psalms commentaries for Christian exposition? Walter Brueggemann and William Bellinger's book deserves a place alongside Clinton McCann and James Mays.

Perhaps it's only when we let go of who and what our loved one was that we can receive who they are now.

This Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King. All of the readings for this Sunday focus on kingship—David’s, God’s, Jesus’. Jesus’ views on kingship are revealed in his famous discussion with Pilate. Jesus makes it clear that his kingship is directed at testifying to the truth.

Jesus is a king with a specific mission: he has come into the world to testify to the truth.