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Psalm 80:1-7 Sermon Commentary
Advent 4C
If you pay close attention to the Psalm readings across the three-year cycle of the Revised Common Lectionary, then you know the Lectionary likes Psalm 80. But it never manages to assign the whole psalm. Either you get just the first seven verses (as here for Advent 4C) or nine verses from the middle of…
Hebrews 10:5-10 Sermon Commentary
Advent 4C
This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson offers preachers one more opportunity to publicly reflect on how God comes to us in the here and now. Hebrews’ author, after all, professes in verse 10 that “we have been made holy [hagiasmenoi*] through the sacrifice [prosphoras] of the body of Jesus Christ once for all [ephapax].” On this last…
Luke 1:39-45 (46-55) Sermon Commentary
Advent 4C
We don’t hear Mary and the angel’s conversation this year but we do witness its aftereffects. Seized with anticipation of a fellow miracle-receiver, Mary hastens to the countryside to find her elder cousin Elizabeth. The thing is, we’re told that Mary was given the scoop about Elizabeth’s pregnancy from the angel Gabriel, but not vice…
Micah 5:2-5 Sermon Commentary
Advent 4C
Illustration: Depending on how churches structure their worship services for the holidays, this may function as a kind-of Christmas preview or, at least, one last Sunday before the Christmas Eve or Christmas Day celebrations. So you might riff on those expectations a bit. If you have the opportunity to solicit answers and foster a bit…
Commentary posted on December 16, 2024
Advent 4C Sermon Commentary
The Advent 4C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 1:39-45 (46-55) from the Lectionary Gospel; Micah 5:2-5a from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 80:1-7 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 10:5-10 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Old Testament Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 66 (Lord’s Day 25)