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Matthew 14:22-33 Sermon Commentary
Proper 14A
If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. That was the title some years back of a popular book written by John Ortberg. And the title reflects what is doubtless the most common “take” on this story. Over and again this well-known story comes to mean something like…
Psalm 85:8-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 14A
To be honest, Psalm 85 is a little all over the place. The first four verses reflect a time when God forgave Israel for some transgressions and restored them. But then the next set of verses seems to indicate Israel went backwards, sinned again, and so found itself under the wrath of God again. And…
Romans 10:5-15 Sermon Commentary
Proper 14A
This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson ought to make perhaps especially its proclaimers’ ears perk up. Particularly its end, after all, emphasizes the extreme importance of the work of proclamation. In Romans 9 Paul insists that salvation doesn’t depend on people’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. However, that raises the question of whether people have…
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Sermon Commentary
Proper 14A
We can approach this text from two very different angles. The first comes from renowned Old Testament scholar, Walter Brueggemann. He suggests that this story might have taken its final form during the reign of Solomon, a time of royal splendor in Israel, when everything was going well for God’s people. There was peace internationally,…
Commentary posted on August 3, 2020
Proper 14A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 14A Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Matthew 14:22-33 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 85:8-13 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 10:5-15 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 128 (Lord’s Day 52)