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Matthew 5:21-37 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6A
This is our last week with the Sermon on the Mount, but it is important to remember that context. Jesus started this sermon with blessings for the struggling, encouragement for the blessed, and is describing the high calling of kingdom citizenship. We are still in that spirit. Living the way that Jesus is describing will…
Psalm 119:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6A
In the world of secular music, I would guess you would be hard pressed to find many songs with titles like “I Just Love Rules!” In fact the website Ranker provided their top list of songs with the word “law” in the title but songs of the variety “I’m Lovin’ the Law” don’t seem to…
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6A
In 1 Corinthians 3 Paul returns to a subject that he has already addressed earlier in his letter: the profound need for Christian unity. After all, in 1 Corinthians 1:10 he begs his readers to “agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united…
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6A
One could wish that this Lectionary passage began a few verses earlier because there is delicious imagery starting in verse 11 where Moses says (in essence) to the people of Israel, “Hey, folks, this stuff God is saying to you through me about life in the Promised Land ain’t rocket science. You don’t have to…
Commentary posted on February 6, 2023
Epiphany 6A Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 6A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 5:21-37 from the Lectionary Gospel; Deuteronomy 30:15-20 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 119:1-8 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 109 (Lord’s Day 41)