Content related to 2 Kings

Home » Old Testament » 2 Kings » Page 2

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Proper 8C

Doug Bratt Headshot
Doug Bratt

God doesn’t usually whisk presidents, pastors, church leaders and other workers up to the heavenly realm upon their retirement. Nor do their successors generally actually pick up their articles of clothing. Yet it’s appropriate to reflect on this Sunday’s appointed text anyway. God, after all, remains deeply interested in human leadership and its transitions. 2…

Read More

2 Kings 6

LC
Lora Copley

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider. What do we do with the people we can’t stand? The co-worker who daily makes you look stupid. The classmate who gets the glory for your hard work. The brother-in-law who always has to get his way. Pick up a pop magazine in any grocery checkout lane and you’ll…

Read More

2 Kings 2:1-12

Epiphany 6B

Scott-Hoezee
Scott Hoezee

Comments and Observations This story in 2 Kings 2 is strange enough as it is.  But ending it at verse 12—before we get to what most commentators agree is the whole point of what can otherwise look like a pointless story—is odder still.  The whole movement of this narrative appears to be in the direction…

Read More