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Matthew 4:1-11 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
Many of us have seen the bumper sticker, “Lead Me Not into Temptation: I Can Find It By Myself.” Cheeky humor aside, we know that God never actively leads us to sin and probably does not actively lead us to temptation (though this need not rule out God’s ability to test our faith). God is…
Psalm 32 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
It was only a few short months ago that the Year C Lectionary assigned most of Psalm 32 as the Psalm Lection. Now here it is again assigned in its entirety for the First Sunday in Lent in the Year A Lectionary. Since I don’t have any new thoughts on this psalm since last Fall—and…
Romans 5:12-19 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
It’s always humbling for my wife and me to have a problem with our computer or cell phones. After all, we, on whom our sons depended for so many years, must now largely depend on them to help us. I’ll never be as technologically savvy as our thirty-something sons. Fleming Rutledge, who lent me some…
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
And so our Lenten journey begins. The text chosen by the RCL for this First Sunday of Lent remind us that the journey to salvation began at a tree where salvation became necessary and ended at a tree where salvation was accomplished. Genesis 3 shows us the disastrous human choice that brought death in all…
Commentary posted on February 24, 2020
Lent 1A Sermon Commentary
The Lent 1A Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Matthew 4:1-11 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 32 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 5:12-19 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: OT Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 9 (Lord’s Day 4)