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Psalm 119:33-40; Proverbs 3:1-6; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 9:9-13 MATTHEW the EVANGELIST ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician.’ But, of course,

Psalm 80; 2 Kings 5:1-19; 1 Cor. 4:8-21; Matt. 5:21-26   Can you be a ‘good guy’ and still be wrong about some major moral

Proverbs 31:10-31; Psalm 1; James 3:13–4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37   Three things, say the first Psalm, to avoid: walking in the counsel of the wicked,

Psalm 75, 76; 2 Kings 2:1-18; 1 Cor. 4:1-7; Matt. 5:17-20   Nothing stays the same for ever: it is all passing away. Elisha is

Psalm 69; 2 Kings 1:2-17; 1 Cor. 3:16-23; Matt. 5:11-16   One of the great translational issues with the Bible is that English sometimes has

Psalm 70, 71; 1 Kings 22:29-45; 1 Cor. 2:14-3:15; Matt. 5:1-10 I often think that St Francis of Assisi is so admired because, having seen

Psalm 72; 1 Kings 22:1-28; 1 Cor. 2:1-13; Matt. 4:18-25 And why, exactly, are there no great paintings of this story from I Kings? False

Psalm 98; Isaiah 45:21-25; Philippians 2:5-11; John 12:31-36a HOLY CROSS   In 335 AD, on Sept 13, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Psalm 56, 57, 58; 1 Kings 21:1-16; 1 Cor. 1:1-19; Matt. 4:1-11 Jezebel does what the wife of any good tyrant would do when her

Psalm 55; 1 Kings 18:41-19:8; Phil. 3:17-4:7; Matt. 3:13-17 There are times when the spot-on rightness of the Lectionary can dazzle you (as a reminder,

Psalm 40, 54; 1 Kings 18:20-40; Phil. 3:1-16; Matt. 3:1-12   Everything is about resurrection. ‘I want to know Christ and the power of his

Psalm 50; 1 Kings 18:1-19; Phil. 2:12-30; Matt. 2:13-23   Do you see what Ahab does here? He’s the problem, on all fronts–his religious policy,