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Psalm 103:1-8 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
As lyric psalms go, it is tough to beat Psalm 103. The RCL is having us look at only the first eight of the psalm’s twenty-two verses but we know this poem stays on high notes of beauty and praise throughout. In a couple of the congregations to which I have belonged the pastors used…
Luke 13:10-17 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
To tell you the truth, this encounter is the Ordinary Time text that strikes the most fear into me as a church professional. The ease with which this synagogue leader takes out his frustration about the “wrong business” being done on the Sabbath, the way he automatically goes into the mode of stealing the woman’s…
Jeremiah1:4-10 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
Context I’m spending a bit more time this week on some background information, as well as a potential framing for a series (see below: Illustration) since we are going to be in Jeremiah for much of the late summer and fall. In fact, the book of Jeremiah provides far more in terms of historical context…
Hebrews 12:18-29 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 16C
Whenever I read this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson, I’m reminded of how both our relationship with and worship of God is a kind of balancing act. Our natural preference for cut-and-dried answers may at least help explain why any form of relating to God easily devolves into one extreme or the other. Jesus’ friends easily either…
Commentary posted on August 24, 2025
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)