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John 1:43-51 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
Note: Rather than writing the usual notes on the text, I have attached a sample to show how on this occasion I assembled those same notes into a sermon. I pray it will spark even more creativity in you! The Child’s Leading
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
An acquaintance of mine used to like to end his prayers with a half-witty, half-wry final intercession. If praying at table, his prayers were mostly typical . . . until the conclusion. “Dear Lord, we thank you for this food, for this day, for your goodness to us. Be with us as we fellowship at…
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
Christians sometimes assume people’s souls are the only places where God works. God’s people, however, who add Christian freedom to that assumption sometimes end up with unbiblical notions about our bodies. Of course, Jesus Christ graciously freed his adopted siblings from having to earn our salvation by obeying God’s law. Yet that leaves the question…
1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
On this Second Sunday after Epiphany, the parallels between this Old Testament reading and the Gospel reading (John 1:43-51) are obvious and instructive. Both are about calling, of Samuel and of the first disciples. Both are about God revealing himself, through his spoken word and through the Word made flesh. Both calls evoke a life…
Commentary posted on January 11, 2021
Epiphany 2B Sermon Commentary