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Psalm 112 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
Depending on where you are “at” these days, it could well be the case that reading Psalm 112 is a little difficult. Sunny promises tumble over top of one another in these ten short verses. Lyric descriptions of all the good things that come to righteous and good people stack up like cord wood. There…
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
Few English labels have traditionally carried more of a negative wallop than that of “do-gooder.” We tend to be critical of people we call “do-gooders,” perhaps largely because we assume they do good out of selfish motives. Yet Hebrews’ narrator ends this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson with a summons to “not forget [epilanthanesthe*] to do good…
Luke 14:1, 7-14 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
I love how this scene opens with a note about how closely Jesus was being watched. When you’re watching someone else very closely, you can miss the thing right under your nose: that they are closely observing you as well. But the dinner guests and hosts probably thought nothing of the way they were acting…
Jeremiah 2:4-13 2025 Sermon Commentary
Proper 17C
Kicked When You Are Down Immediately, in chapter two, Jeremiah seems to be working counter one of MLK’s principles of non-violent resistance. That resistance “seeks to win friendship and understanding.” Instead, against the backdrop of Babylon’s siege of Jerusalem, Jeremiah seems to be standing over the people saying, “you know, if you think about it,…
Commentary posted on August 25, 2025
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)