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Exodus 34:29-35 Sermon Commentary
Last Epiphany C
To understand the end of Exodus 34, you need to catch up on two things: the immediate context of this chapter in Exodus and also what happened in the first 9 verses of this 34th chapter, the final effect of which you can read in the Lectionary selection of verses 29-35. First of all, then,…
Psalm 99 Sermon Commentary
Last Epiphany C
All these millennia later it is easy to read the Psalms, especially one like Psalm 99, and forget how at once scandalous and vaguely ridiculous they might appear to be. Or at least how they could appear to an outsider to Israel who was looking in. After all, in poems like this one, the psalmist…
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Sermon Commentary
Last Epiphany C
Some biblical texts hit so close to home that their proclaimers find them hard to proclaim. 2 Corinthians 3 and 4 is one of those texts. I can’t read this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson without seeing in my mind’s eye dear people like Bill and Carl, as well as Sharon, Ashley*, and countless others. I, honestly,…
Luke 9:28-36 Sermon Commentary
Last Epiphany C
Comments, Questions, and Observations Given that this passage is often on the Sunday that immediately precedes Lent, I have often thought of it as a story that is mostly about Jesus giving his disciples a strong picture of him to hold on to as they enter the dark days of his suffering and death in…
Commentary posted on February 21, 2022
Last Epiphany C Sermon Commentary
The Last Epiphany C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 9:28-36 from the Lectionary Gospel; Exodus 34:29-35 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 99 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 99 & 100 (Lord’s Day 36)