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Hebrews 12:18-29 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
What might Christian worship look like if each service began with Hebrews’, “Let us … worship God acceptably with reverence and awe”? What affect on worship might a sticky note on preachers, worship planners and leaders’ computers that read, “Let us … worship God acceptably with reverence and awe” have? Those who proclaim and hear…
Psalm 103:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
There are some pieces of music, certain poems, some scenes in movies that are so lyric, so moving, so flat out beautiful that it doesn’t matter how often you hear it, read it, or see it: it gets you every time. Psalm 103 is like that. I usually balk a bit when the Lectionary slices…
Luke 13:10-17 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
“Don’t go getting any ideas.” That’s the leader’s message to the multitude of people who have gathered on the Sabbath day and were just given a spark of hope. That’s the leader’s response to Jesus’ miraculous healing of a woman’s horrible suffering. Not here, not today, not for any of the rest of you. Imagine…
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
It sometimes seems as though Jeremiah 1 means more to preachers than to average church-goers. There is something about this pre-natal call to ministry—not to mention the lyric image of God’s filling the prophet’s mouth with his Word—that strikes a chord for lots of us who preach. But since the church long ago began to…
Commentary posted on August 15, 2022
Proper 16C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 16C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 13:10-17 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 1:4-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 103:1-8 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 12:18-29 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 56 (Lord’s Day 21)