Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! These joyous words will be spoken and heard by Christians around the world on Resurrection Sunday. In addition to celebrating Christ’s victory over sin and death, these words should also lead believers to consider the implications for their own day-to-day living. The Epistle for Easter Sunday provides such an opportunity. Paul wrote to baptized believers who had gone into the baptismal waters to participate in Christ’s death. They had come from the...

Of all the talk I hear regarding news of the country and of the world, by sheer volume two characteristics stand out most prominently....

The Odd Pericope While context is an issue for any passage, this particular lectionary text is oddly truncated on both ends from the...