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Luke 3:7-18 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
Last week we ended with a consideration of the possibility that these two Advent weeks spent in chapter 3 could be viewed as the covenant obligations on display. Verses 1-6 highlight what God will achieve, and here in verses 7-18 we receive the invitation from God (through the prophet John) to respond to God’s activity….
Zephaniah 3:14-20 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
I used to watch a TV show that was quite compelling and enjoyable but it did have one feature to it that I did not much like: in some episodes the show’s characters would find themselves sunk very deep down into dreadfully complex circumstances. The episode would devote something like 92% of the time to…
Philippians 4:4-7 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
The season of Advent is, for many of Jesus’ friends, as well as the culture in which many citizens of the global west live, a perhaps especially busy one. Many of us are busily preparing for various holiday celebrations, even as a global pandemic and political strife continue to rage among and around us. So…
Isaiah 12:2-6 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
More than we realize, the Bible is a trove of images, similes, metaphors, and visual depictions. Throughout Scripture God describes himself through a battery of metaphors that inevitably lead you to form a picture in your mind’s eye. Many of the images are, on the face of them, contradictory, until you realize that even to…
Commentary posted on December 6, 2021
Advent 3C Sermon Commentary
For week Advent 3C of the Revised Common Lectionary, find ideas and illustrations in sermon commentary for Luke 3:7-18, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, and Philippians 4:4-7.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 110 (Lord’s Day 42)