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Mark 8:31-38 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2B
One reads of such terrible things now and then. Stories about the happy couple who had a magical wedding and then died in a plane crash on the way to their honeymoon. Or the man who just got the promotion he had been dreaming of but who gets hit by a bus on his way…
Psalm 22:23-31 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2B
In this week’s Gospel sermon article here on the CEP website I noted the dramatic experience of Peter in Mark 8 when he falls about as far as a person can fall within the span of minutes. Peter goes from being blessed to the heavens by Jesus to being cursed to the depths of hell…
Romans 4:13-25 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2B
Death continues to intimidate many people. As a result, most people will do almost anything to avoid or at least indefinitely postpone death. The Bible suggests that we’d even trade everything we have in exchange for an escape from death. We sometimes sense that many people believe that if we just didn’t have to worry…
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2B
As any regular reader of my Sermon Commentaries on these Old Testament readings can easily tell, the theme for Lent in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary is covenant. Every one of our Lenten readings has to do with God’s covenant in one way or another, even our upcoming lesson from Numbers 21, which…
Commentary posted on February 22, 2021
Lent 2B Sermon Commentary
The Lent 2B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 8:31-38 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 22:23-31 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 4:13-25 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: OT Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 78 (Lord’s Day 29)