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Jeremiah 17:5-10 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6C
In the most straightforward sense, this snippet from Jeremiah 17 is all about trust. Bad Trust. Good Trust. If you trust in mere human beings in all of life, you are on a slippery slope to ruin. In fact such people can be considered cursed. Nothing good will come their way. But trust in God…
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6C
Paul calls Jesus’ resurrection “of first importance.” Yet does it really matter whether Jesus rose, in John Updike’s lyrical words, “as His body” (Seven Stanzas at Easter), or as Gerd Ludemann insisted in a 2012 debate, the Scripture’s accounts of it were just a “legend, not objective description”? Does it really make any difference whether…
Psalm 1 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6C
Few of us do what many monastic and other traditions have done in history with the Psalms: namely, read them straight through and in order. Instead we bob and weave our way through the Psalms, picking and choosing to read this Psalm or another for no particular rhyme or reason. And so it’s easy to…
Luke 6:17-26 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6C
You might be familiar with Henri Nouwen’s work. The Dutch Catholic Priest (1932-1996) wrote, taught, and served extensively on matters of spirituality, identity, pastoral ministry, and social justice. At the center of his life’s work was a desire for people to know their belovedness as children of God; in fact, much of his work revolves…
Commentary posted on February 7, 2022
Epiphany 6C Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 6C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 6:17-26 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 17:5-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 1 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: OT Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 5 (Lord’s Day 2)