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1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas C
Two Temples. Two Boys. One boy is apparently lost. The other boy is apparently given up by his parents. One boy is not at all lost but is at home in the Temple doing his real Father’s work. The other boy is making his home in the Temple and slowly discovering what may well be…
Psalm 148 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas C
When I was a pastor, I liked every sixth year when Christmas Day fell on a Sunday. First, it eliminated the need for an extra service and second, it eliminated conversations with leadership as to whether to hold any extra services in case . . . well, in case Christmas Day fell on a Saturday. …
Luke 2:41-52 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas C
We are still in the Christmas season on this Sunday, and for many of us, this is a low-key Sunday, a “coming down” from all of the hype that has been the season. There’s a bit of that feeling in the story as well. Year after year (a more literal translation of the opening of…
Colossians 3:12-17 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas C
Commentators use a variety of terms to describe this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson’s set of ethical commands. Leonard Klein calls it a “haustafel, a table of duties for those in various estates.” Elsewhere I have called it “the Christian’s wardrobe.” Yet no matter how its proclaimers label Colossians 3’s set of invitations to Christ-likeness, there can…
Commentary posted on December 20, 2021
1st Sunday after Christmas C Sermon Commentary
For Christmas 1C of the Revised Common Lectionary, find ideas and illustrations in sermon commentary for Luke 2:41-52, 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26, Psalm 148, and Colossians 3:12-17.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 103 (Lord’s Day 38)