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John 2:13-22 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3B
We are impressed very often by all the wrong things. In John 2 everyone was impressed with the physical Temple. It had been undergoing construction for over four decades already and was not even finished. It reminds me of the Ken Follett novel The Pillars of the Earth that narrates the construction of a European…
Psalm 19 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3B
As I begin this piece, I am thinking about Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Underground Railroad, which follows two escaped slaves, Caesar and Cora, as they journey on a literal underground railroad to the north and freedom. On this Third Sunday of Lent we are a little less than half way on our journey…
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3B
Are there any other passages that sum up Lent better than these words from Paul? As I have noted before, this is like drinking from the proverbial fire hose. In verse after verse Paul scales ever higher theological heights and ever grander rhetorical flourishes as he stares, mouth agape, at the mysteries of God that…
Exodus 20:1-17 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3B
If we were to poll North Americans about what God is like, most of those who believe in God might say God is nice or forgiving. If we were to poll them about what God looks like, many would answer God looks like a loving grandparent or kind uncle or aunt. How can we know…
Commentary posted on February 26, 2018
Lent 3B Sermon Commentary
The Lent 3B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 2:13-22 from the Lectionary Gospel; Exodus 20:1-17, from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 19 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 21 (Lord’s Day 7)