This Week's Sermon Commentaries
Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Sermon Commentary
And they lived happily ever after . . . Really? Is it really possible that the Bible’s most troubled (and at times most torturous) book has the proverbial “happy ending”? Did Disney take over this project at some point?! At first glance you might think so. Job replies to God that in the wake of…
Psalm 126 Sermon Commentary
Some of us might remember that another version/translation of Psalm 126:1 mentions specifically the time when “the captives” were brought back to Jerusalem. That framing of this psalm places this on the far side of the seventy-year exile in Babylon as the people of Israel slowly returned from captivity after Persia conquered Babylon and the…
Hebrews 7:23-28 Sermon Commentary
Few promises mean more to hurting people than, “I’m praying (or I’ll pray) for you.” We long to have someone “put in a good word for us” before God. In fact, I’ve even people whose faith is fragile or apparently non-existent seem to often appreciate the thought behind a promise of prayer, if not necessarily…
Fine-Tuning Your Preaching
Sermon Craft – Rev. Meg Jenista
Political or Partisan? – Rev. Meg Jenista
Preaching Salvation – Rev. Meg Jenista
Desire for Anointed Preaching Part 1 – Rev. David Beelen
Desire for Anointed Preaching Part 2 – Rev. David Beelen
Sermon Introductions Do’s and Don’ts – Rev. John Rottman
Preaching Parables Graciously – Rev. John Rottman
The Ethics of Sermon Illustrations – Rev. Scott Hoezee
God-Active Language – Rev. Scott Hoezee
What is an Illustration? – Rev. Scott Hoezee
Show, Don’t Tell – Rev. Scott Hoezee
Imagination and Images – Rev. Peter Jonker
The Controlling Image – Rev. Peter Jonker
Physical Space in Preaching – Rev. Mary Hulst
Preaching Without Notes – Rev. Mary Hulst
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Mark 10:46-52 Sermon Commentary
A couple of weeks ago, we witnessed the rich man come to terms with reality. This week, we see a bit of a contrast in the person of Bartimaeus. Both he and the rich man are earnest and sincere in their desire to encounter Jesus, but one walks away and the other follows our Lord….