A Transformation of Tradition (Feast of All Saints)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Harry Attridge and Joel Baden discuss universality, immortality, hope, and intertextuality in Isaiah 25:6-9 and Revelation 21:1-6a. These texts are appointed for the Feast of All Saints, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Suffering Servant? (Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Felicity Harley-McGowan and Bruce Gordon discuss which of Jesus’ natures suffered on the cross, visual representations of suffering, and the identity of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53:4-12. The text is appointed for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 24, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Suffering, Hope, and Promise (Good Friday)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

John Pittard and Kyama Mugambi discuss paradox, salvation, identity, and suffering in Isaiah 52:13-53:12. The text is appointed for Good Friday, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Messianic Hope (Christmas)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Joel Baden and Andrew McGowan discuss reception history, empire, and hope in Isaiah 9:2-7. The text is appointed for Christmas in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Comfort in the Desert (Second Sunday of Advent)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Joel Baden and Bill Goettler discuss audience, promise, and good news in Isaiah 40:1-11. The text is appointed for the Second Sunday of Advent in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Hypocrites (Fifth Sunday after Epiphany)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Volker Leppin and Vasileios Marinis discuss hypocrisy, reward systems, righteousness, and religious performance in Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12). The text is appointed for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary.

A Light to the Nations (First Sunday after the Epiphany)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Joel Baden and Abdul-Rehman Malik discuss Messianism, prophetic gentleness, and hermeneutical approaches in Isaiah 42:1-9. The text is appointed for the First Sunday after the Epiphany, in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Restorer of the Path (Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)

Chapter, Verse, and Season Podcast

Christian Wiman and Jacqueline Vayntrub discuss justice, prayer and action, and getting God’s attention in Isaiah 58:9b-14. The text is appointed for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 16, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.