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Matthew 2:13-23 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas A
There’s nothing like kicking off a new year with a story about slaughtered babies . . . But there it is. New Year’s Day 2017 falls on a Sunday, and if bleary-eyed people who stayed up for champagne and the Times Square ball-drop manage to get to church the following morning—it’s really the same morning—and…
Psalm 8 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas A
I was meditating on the words of verse 4, “what is man that you are mindful of him,” when I saw her picture—a lovely blond, her eyes closed in obvious contentment, a blissful smile on her lips, the perfect picture of serenity. She was on the cover of Time magazine with this headline next to…
Hebrews 2:10-18 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas A
God’s power cannot cut it. That’s both the bottom line and the upshot of this part of Hebrews 2. Isn’t that weird, though? Isn’t that counter-intuitive? How often haven’t most of us said or thought something along the lines of “If only I were in charge . . . If only I were in control…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 Sermon Commentary
1st Sunday after Christmas A
Does anyone know what time it is? The rock group Chicago sang a song entitled, “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?” It’s about people who have watches but don’t really know what time it is: “People running around everywhere, Don’t know what way to go … Don’t know where I am. Have no time…
Commentary posted on December 26, 2016
1st Sunday after Christmas A Sermon Commentary