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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
Have you ever wondered why Paul calls love the “greatest [meizon*] of these” (13:13)? Why did the Spirit inspire him to refer to the gift of love as even greater than the great gifts of faith and hope? After all, while love is great, faith is God’s great gift that equips us to receive God’s…
Psalm 71:1-6 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
Even just the half-dozen verses that the Lectionary selects for us from the larger text of Psalm 71 capture the essence of most of the 150 psalms in the Hebrew Psalter. Consider all of what is spoken and expressed in the span of just these few verses: Images of God as refuge and rock and…
Luke 4:21-30 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
We really run the gamut of human emotions during Jesus’s first preaching assignment in his hometown. How does the congregation go from being amazed, all eyes fixed on Jesus, to so livid with him that they try to lynch him? I emphasised the moment of the Holy Spirit at work as Jesus preached in the…
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
Commentary: Why Does God Prefer the Cotton-Mouthed? The keen reader of Scripture might wonder, when reading this week’s Hebrew Scripture text, “where have I heard that before?” In response to God’s call, Jeremiah protests, “I know not how to speak,.” Both Moses and Isaiah claimed the same malady but neither of them got out of…
Commentary posted on January 27, 2025
Epiphany 4C Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 4C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 4:21-30 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 1:4-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 71:1-6 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 112 (Lord’s Day 43)