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Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3B
A common exercise for aspiring creative writers is to write a 6 word story. With the platform of social media, these short stories have taken off on sites like Reddit and Tumbler. Here are a couple examples: “Axe falling, the rooster crows, ‘Wait!’” “Only child, but never the favorite.” “They lived happily ever after, separately.”…
Mark 1:14-20 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3B
The lectionary makes it a habit of giving us two weeks from two different gospels stories of Jesus calling his first disciples. Moving from John’s gospel to Mark’s, it’s as though our perspective in the calling narrative has changed to Jesus’s side of things. “Fresh” from the desert and the evil one’s temptations, Jesus is…
Psalm 62:5-12 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3B
As usual when we encounter this phenomenon in the Revised Common Lectionary, it is unclear why this lection sheers off the first 4 verses. Certainly one can preach on Psalm 62 starting with verse 5 and the psalm is not particularly diminished. But why not let a sermon on this encompass the whole thing? In…
1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3B
My family of origin frowned on few things more strongly than time-wasting. We were generally discouraged from doing frivolous things. My family of origin didn’t even waste our vacation time. We almost always either vacationed with an extended family member or visited at least one extended family member while on vacation. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson’s…
Commentary posted on January 15, 2024
Epiphany 3B Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 3B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 1:14-20 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jonah 3:1-5, 10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 62:5-12 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 117 (Lord’s Day 45)