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Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
The Year C Lectionary—like all three Lectionary cycles—gives us two options for this final Sunday in Lent. We can focus on the Liturgy of the Palms to celebrate Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem or we can make it Passion Sunday / Liturgy of the Passion and focus more on the upcoming crucifixion and death of Jesus…
Philippians 2:5-11 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
The most recent New International Version of the Bible offers a slight twist on this Sunday’s famous Epistolary Lesson. After all, while the 1985 edition of the NIV rendered Philippians 2:5 as, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus,” a more recent translation reads, “In your relationships with one another, have…
Isaiah 50:4-9a Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
As we enter into Holy Week, the Lectionary offers us two paths, a choose-your-own-adventure of sorts. We can preach the palms or the passion. However, I note that, outside the psalms, there is only one Hebrew Scripture text and that belongs to the passion. Woke Although Lent is a season of fasting, in many ways…
Luke 19:28-40 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
King Jesus has come. Palm Sunday makes the first explicit connection to Jesus’s kingship in the Gospel of Luke, but it’s a truth that’s been woven into the very fabric of his existence. From the prophets of old to the heavenly hosts at his birth, through the details of his entry into Jerusalem, Jesus is…
Commentary posted on April 7, 2025
Palm Sunday C Sermon Commentary
The Palm Sunday C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 19:28-40 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 50:4-9b from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Philippians 2:5-11 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 40 (Lord’s Day 16)