Theology and Interpretation

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Parables, Part Two

What follows is a series of recommendations about interpreting the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Parables, Part One

There are roughly three dozen parables in the Synoptic Gospels, [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Theological Worlds Part 3

This is the third article in a series, using insights from Theological Worlds: Understanding the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Theological Worlds Part 2

This is the second in a series of three articles using insights from W. Paul [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Prophets in Lent

The Old Testament texts in Series A move from the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Theological Worlds, Part 1

When I was a beginning preacher, a friend gave me some blunt advice: “Don’t preach [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Jesus’ Location at the Periphery: The Woman with the Flow of Blood and Jairus’s Daughter

The passage dealing with the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Confusing Power and Authority: A Case Against Idolatrous Nationalism

When faced with a demand [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching as Sacrament of the Word

What is preaching? Certainly there are a number of important [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Epiphany Insights

Each of the texts for Epiphany is superb. There is not one “bummer in the bunch.” As [...]