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Isaiah 40:1-11 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2B
Comments, Observations and Questions: The Good News! The prophet Isaiah must have gotten pretty tired of breaking bad news to people. Roughly 95% of Isaiah 1-39 is bad news, with the tiniest snippets of hope popping up here and there. So, I can imagine him taking a deep breath, maybe a soothing drink of water…
2 Peter 3:8-15a Sermon Commentary
Advent 2B
Women who have been pregnant tell me that expectant mom sometimes experience impatience tinged with a kind of restlessness. Especially near the end of their pregnancy, they’re anxious for their baby to be born. Some still-pregnant moms even envy those whose children have already been born. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson at least alludes to some…
Mark 1:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2B
Comments, Questions, and Observations The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ starts with someone else. In fact, from this point-in-chronological-time of John the Baptist in Mark 1.1-8, Jesus the Messiah is still a future prospect (in verse 8, John uses the future tense in reference to the Greater One), the story seems to…
Psalm 85:1-3, 8-13 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2B
This week’s Psalm selection for the Second Sunday in Advent is in some ways very similar to last week’s selection of Psalm 80. In both psalms there are pleas for revival and restoration, for a relenting of divine anger over sin so that restoration could come to both land and people. Insofar as Advent has…
Commentary posted on December 4, 2023
Advent 2B Sermon Commentary
The Advent 2B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 1:1-8 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 40:1-11 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Peter 3:8-15a from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 12 (Lord’s Day 5)