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Mark 9:2-9 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6B
“This is my Son, whom I love. Look at him. Isn’t this display something! I mean, just get a load of this light show!” That’s what I’d expect God the Father to say. But he doesn’t. Why not? Isn’t it about the light show? We have seen such visual spectacles. They typically happen every year…
Psalm 50:1-6 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6B
Read just the first six verses of Psalm 50—as the Lectionary would have us do apparently—and it all looks grand. It is a powerful summation of the almighty power of Israel’s God. The imagery is majestic and even fierce. God sallies forth from Mount Zion cloaked in splendor with tempests and fires and bright flashes…
2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6B
This text has taken on a very personal character for members of my church, its food pantry ministry and me, especially in the past ten months. After all, 2 Corinthians 4’s description of the “veiled” nature of the gospel wasn’t, at least originally, alluding to all non-Christians. Chapter 3 makes it quite clear that Paul…
2 Kings 2:1-12 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 6B
The compilers of the Revised Common Lectionary have done us preachers a real favor by pairing this Old Testament reading with the story of Jesus Transfiguration in Mark 9. This juxtaposition of texts will save us from preaching on the importance of mentoring (as many folks will do because the relationship between Elijah and Elisha…
Commentary posted on February 8, 2021
Epiphany 6B Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 6B (Transfiguration Sunday) Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 9:2-9 from the Lectionary Gospel; 2 Kings 2:1-12 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 50:1-6 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 115 (Lord’s Day 44)