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Luke 3:1-6 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2C
This week and next we are listening to John the Baptist, who is set up here as a prophet. The signs are obvious (once you know how to see them). First, there’s the clear shift in the text from chapter 2, as Luke provides political context to pinpoint the actual historical moment that John’s message…
Malachi 3:1-4 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2C
Have you ever read a classic book you’d never before read only to run across a line you knew by heart? “Oh,” you might say, “I didn’t know this is where that saying came from!” For instance, John Donne’s works are peppered with lines that have assumed a life of their own. People who don’t…
Luke 1:68-79 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2C
Someone once said that visits always bring pleasure because even if the arrival of a certain visitor didn’t make you happy, his departure will! The comedic pianist Victor Borge also touched on this topic when he once noted that the mythic figure of Santa Claus has the right idea: you should visit people just once…
Philippians 1:3-11 Sermon Commentary
Advent 2C
Jesus’ friends would do well to take at least some of our Advent cues from children. This is, after all, a season of waiting. However, children especially sometimes struggle to wait patiently during Advent. In fact, some of them have an almost laser-focus on that which they await. Adults may share some of children’s impatience…
Commentary posted on November 29, 2021
Advent 2C Sermon Commentary
For week Advent 2C of the Revised Common Lectionary, find ideas and illustrations in sermon commentary for Luke 3:1-6, Malachai 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, and Philippians 1:3-11.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 122 (Lord’s Day 47)