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John 6:51-58 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Comments and Observations: In her short story “The River,” Flannery O’Connor depicts a child who actually drowns when trying to baptize himself in a river. After this startling story was published, someone asked O’Connor about this grotesque depiction of baptism. O’Connor’s critics thought this story was too extreme. But her goal was to remind her…
Psalm 111 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Comments and Observations While God’s modern sons and daughters sometimes seem in a hurry to learn what the Scriptures expect of people, Psalm 111 focuses our attention on the Lord. In fact, only its verses 1 and 10 even directly speak to or about people, while only verse 2 even alludes to them. That’s certainly…
Ephesians 5:15-20 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Comments and Observations This text is a kind of hinge between the black and white moral exhortations of 4:1-5:14 and the relatively grayer areas of personal relations in the family and the workplace in 5:22-6:9. Paul’s fierce condemnation of pagan lifestyles and his no nonsense commands for the Christian life have come to a head…
1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Comments and Observations: My wife tells me I think too much about The Godfather, and if you have been paying weekly attention to these sermon commentaries in the Summer of 2015 here, then you know this is indeed the second time in as many weeks that I have mentioned Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark 1974 film. …
Commentary posted on August 10, 2015
Proper 15B Sermon Commentary