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Matthew 3:1-12 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2A
“Across the United States in recent weeks, there have been tidal waves of accusation and blame, counter-accusations and blame, judgments and more judgments from the left and from the right and from all points in between. Political parties are said to have been judged by the voters. Individual politicians are said to have been repudiated…
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2A
Jimmy Carter is now not only the oldest currently living former President of the United States but he has now lived to become the oldest former President ever. Strikingly, he has also been a former President for nearly 39 years. During those almost four decades of time, Carter’s reputation has soared but, of course, he…
Romans 15:4-13 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2A
I didn’t have much money when I was in college. So I tried to drive as far on a tank of gas as I could. As a result, I ran out of gas in the middle of the night twice … in the space of less than a month. Each time I called my relatively…
Isaiah 11:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2A
From the First Sunday of Advent to the Second, the imagery changes, but the message doesn’t. We move from mountains and military in Isaiah 2 to plants and animals and a little child in Isaiah 11. But both texts promise a day when there will be justice and peace on earth. Isaiah 2 was less…
Commentary posted on December 2, 2019
Advent 2A Sermon Commentary
The Advent 2A Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Matthew 3:1-12 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 11:1-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 72:1-7,18-19 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 15:4-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 72 (Lord’s Day 27)