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John 12:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5C
In Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, one of the characters keeps saying over and over to the character of Big Daddy that you can just smell “the mendacity in the air.” This was a play with many layers of deception and lying and it became so very nearly palpable to some…
Psalm 126 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5C
For a Lenten selection, this psalm is pretty sunny-side up and cheerful. Maybe as Lent is coming to a close, we are supposed to see in this poem the promise of restoration beyond the cross toward which we are journeying this season. This is, after all, one of the “Songs of Ascent” in the Book…
Philippians 3:4b-14 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5C
“Are you becoming perfect?” is the provocative question with which Carole Noren begins a fine sermon (Pulpit Resource, October, November, December, 2002, p. 5) on the Epistolary Lesson the RCL appoints for this Sunday. It is an appropriate question. After all, Jesus, in Matthew 5:48, calls us to “Be perfect . . . as your…
Isaiah 43:16-21 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5C
All four of the Lectionary readings for this Fifth Sunday of Lent share a “past and future” theme. Psalm 126 talks about the restoration of Israel’s fortune in the past and calls on God to restore Israel’s fortunes in the future, so that those who “sow in tears can reap with shouts of joy.” In…
Commentary posted on April 1, 2019
Lent 5C Sermon Commentary
The Lent 5C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 12:1-8 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 43:16-21 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 126 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Philippians 3:4b – 14 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 60 (Lord’s Day 23)