Brian B. Pinter
Brian B. Pinter is a teacher of religious studies at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx and a Pastoral Associate at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Bible Study: Proper 17 (A) – 2014
Exodus 3:1-15 Our reading today from Exodus is a text with mystical tones, while also a foundational scripture that holds a clarion commitment by God to the oppressed. Such riches […]
Bible Study: Easter 7 (A) – 2014
Acts 1:6-14 This text from the Acts of the Apostles serves several purposes. First, the disciples of Jesus are not to occupy themselves with trying to decipher the time of […]
Bible Study: Lent 2 (A) – 2014
Genesis 12:1-4a The story of Abram’s call is an archetypal narrative that is repeated again and again throughout the biblical record. Artistic in its presentation, this text also presents deep […]
Bible Study: Presentation – 2014
Malachi 3:1-4 The Book of Malachi, a name that literally means “my messenger,” was written in the period following Israel’s exile in Babylonian and subsequent return, circa sixth century B.C. […]
Bible Study: Advent 3 (A) – 2013
Isaiah 35:1-10 Contextually speaking, this passage refers to the flowering of the southern desert in Edom, an area below the Dead Sea. Building up to a crescendo that speaks of […]
Bible Study: Advent 1 (A) – 2013
Isaiah 2:1-5 Isaiah in this passage paints with the colors of peace and pilgrimage a visionary portrait for the future of all peoples. All nations, he prophesies, will live in […]
Bible Study: Proper 25 (C) – 2013
Joel 2:23-32 The book of the prophet Joel addressed a message of hope to an Israelite people who had experienced devastation by locusts and drought. For those who survived as […]
Bible Study: Proper 28 (B) – 2012
1 Samuel 1:4-20 The books of Samuel deal with the period that marked the emergence of prophecy and monarchy in ancient Israel. The First Book of Samuel opens with a […]
Bible Study: Proper 23 (B) – 2012
Job 23:1-9, 16-17 As the story of Job unfolds, Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, have come to sit with Job in his suffering, and to convince him that […]
Bible Study: Proper 22 (B) – 2012
Job 1:1; 2:1-10 It has been said that the Book of Job is where the Bible runs off a cliff! The text probes the mystery of suffering, but ultimately yields […]
Bible Study: Proper 21 (B) – 2012
Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Today’s reading from the book of Numbers interweaves three themes – the peoples’ frustration with their situation of wandering in the desert with little to eat, […]
Bible Study: Proper 18 (B) – 2012
Proverbs 22:1-2,8-9,22-23 Social justice and the proper use of wealth is a common theme throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. The author of Proverbs begins this section by putting a commonly held […]
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