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Mark 1:9-15 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1B
We’ve gotten snippets of this lectionary text in Epiphany, a bit of an echo as we enter the lenten journey. In fact, knowing that we’re starting Lent this Sunday may help you frame this week’s message built on these three snippets from Mark. Among other things, Lent is a time of preparation; often it works…
Genesis 9:8-17 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1B
Covenants For preachers interested in holding a cohesive theme through Lent, this year’s Old Testament lectionary readings provide an opportunity to reflect deeply on the nature of God’s relationship with God’s people through covenant. This Sunday, it is his covenant not to destroy the earth, next Sunday, his choosing and making a great nation through…
Psalm 25:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1B
If the Lectionary decided for whatever the reason to not recommend all of Psalm 25, they could have at least extended this to verse 11. Since this is the reading for the First Sunday in Lent, you’d think the one verse of this psalm that is a straight up confession of sin would make the…
1 Peter 3:18-22 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1B
It may be a good thing that the RCL appoints 1 Peter 3:18-22 as this Sunday’s (as well as an earlier Easter) Epistolary Lesson. Otherwise, preachers might succumb to the temptation to skip over it without ever addressing this passage that’s both so theologically rich and, in some places, deeply mysterious. This Sunday marks the…
Commentary posted on February 12, 2024
Lent 1B Sermon Commentary
The Lent 1B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 1:9-15 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 9:8-17 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 25:1-10 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Peter 3:18-22 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 37 (Lord’s Day 15)