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Dr. Kara Lyons-Pardue fulfills her calling to ministry through education with joy. She has taught New Testament and Greek courses at Point Loma Nazarene University since 2011. Research interests in the Gospels, particularly Mark, and women in Scripture combined in her 2020 book Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark (T&T Clark). She contributed the commentary on often-overlooked letter from Paul to Philemon in the New Beacon Bible Commentary on Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon. Dr. Lyons-Pardue earned her Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and an M.Div. from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Ongoing curiosity and wonder in reading Christian Scripture, a deep love for God's church, and a commitment to scholarly integrity characterize in her writing, teaching, preaching, and speaking.

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Jan 12, 2026 ∙ 4 min

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

For this Sunday and the following four Sundays, the Revised Common Lectionary offers us continuous readings of 1st Corinthians that begin with 1:1 and conclude with 3:9. Since Paul intended his epistle to be read aloud as a whole, consider taking the time between now and the Transfiguration of the Lord to preach through this first section of 1st Corinthians. In the greeting and introductory remarks that comprise our text, it is easy to overlook that Paul is writing to the church at Corinth...

Dec 1, 2025 ∙ 4 min

In this letter to the churches in Rome, Paul has established the justice/righteousness of God to save all through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ (see esp. Romans 3:21-26). The relationship of Jew and Gentile has been ever-present in his considerations (highly focused in chapters 9–11), likely because the churches in Rome were comprised of more Jewish Christians than the primarily Gentile congregations Paul himself founded (and to which he wrote most of his letters). In Romans, Paul is...

Jun 17, 2024 ∙ 8 min

The question of Jesus’s identity pulses through this passage. The event related in Mark 4:35-41 is categorized as a water miracle or,...

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