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John 6:51-58 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Here we are in the homestretch of our time in John 6. Between this week and next you have your chance to say whatever has been left on the sermon cutting room floor about the flesh and blood of the Bread of Heaven. As for me and these sermon commentaries, I feel as though we’ve…
Psalm 34:9-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
When I wrote my sermon commentary for August 11, 2024, on the first 8 verses of Psalm 34, I confess I did not notice that the Lectionary continues in this same psalm for this week and, wonder of wonders, finishes it the following week. Three weeks in a row in the same psalm! Not sure…
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Sermon Illustration: This might work well in the space of a children’s sermon because (speaking from personal experience) kids spend more time dreaming of what they would do with magical wishes in a way that adults — with home repairs, deadlines at work, kids dental work to save for — have moved past. If a…
Ephesians 5:15-20 Sermon Commentary
Proper 15B
Does any subtle difference exist in tone and meaning between a summons to “Be careful” and “Be very careful”? There may be an added urgency that comes through with the addition of the adjective “very.” When, for example, my wife drives home alone from caring for our grandchildren, I always try to ask her to…
Commentary posted on August 18, 2024
Proper 15B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 15B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for John 6:51-58 from the Lectionary Gospel; 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 34:9-14 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Ephesians 5:15-20 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 79 (Lord’s Day 29)