Isaiah 9:2–7

Unto Us a Child is Born!

Lectionary Date: December 24, 2019 [Nativity of the Lord, Year A]

This week, Rachel takes a historical look at one of the most famous “Christmas” texts of the Bible. As a supplement to this episode, check out her commentary on this same passage over at WorkingPreacher.org.

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First Reading is an audio podcast to help you preach with confidence from the Hebrew Bible. We equip you with relevant linguistic, historical, and literary background for each week’s Old Testament lesson (the “first reading”) as scheduled in the Revised Common Lectionary. With help from our guests—some of the best thinkers and teachers in modern biblical scholarship—each episode probes some of the central questions raised by the text, and offers a couple potential angles for preaching it.

We want to see a community of clergy and congregations who have formative access to both testaments of Scripture. Our hope is that this weekly resource can help encourage more preachers to craft sermons that open up the Old Testament to their congregations!