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Luke 14:1,7-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
Jan Richardson describes this text as one of the many that exemplify “the endless wisdom of the table.” Of course, the wisdom comes from how Jesus transforms the space in order to reform the community. Having just spent time in one last week, the lectionary skips over a Sabbath healing story (verses 2-6) to bring…
Jeremiah 2:4-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
According to the old adage, “You are what you eat.” But parts of the Bible, including Jeremiah 2, give voice to a different point of view: You are what you worship. In Jeremiah 2, one of the prophet’s initial broadsides against the people of Israel was the sad fact that in worshiping gods that were…
Psalm 112 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
Very often the Psalms are actually a form of beatitude. Psalm 1 sets the tone: “Blessed is the one who does not walk with the wicked.” Beatitudes—including the most famous ones of them all from Matthew 5—are very often blessings spoken over people whose lives the rest of the world may not deem to be…
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
“Just tell me what I have to do, Pastor!” I suspect that nearly all of us have heard variations on this theme. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson seems to offer help in answering such questions. That may, in fact, be a reason why proclaimers’ attention is often most quickly drawn to its ethical pronouncements. Hebrews 13…
Commentary posted on August 22, 2022
Proper 17C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 17C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 14:1,7-14 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 2: 4-13 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 112 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 108 (Lord’s Day 41)