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Mark 1:21-28 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4B
It was the Sabbath and so, naturally, the Jews of Capernaum went to the synagogue. Some of them went sleepily, others went with a great weariness following a busy week of work. Still others trekked over in a rather irritable mood for who knows why–maybe it had been no more than that they were out…
Psalm 111 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4B
Psalm 111 is a shook-up bottle of champagne when the cork flies off: it is effervescent, effusive, and thus it is delightfully over the top in most every way. It’s one of those poems that tempts one to plant tongue firmly in cheek to ask the psalmist, “Don’t hold back: tell us what you really…
1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4B
If last Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson’s call to “those who have wives [to] live as if they have none” seemed daunting to proclaim, this Sunday’s Lesson’s treatment of the issue of eating food sacrificed to idols may seem nearly overwhelming. It may, after all, feel as though Paul is speaking more to African or Asian churches…
Deuteromony 18:15-20 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4B
A couple of weeks before the Presidential election in the US, Pat Robertson gave another of his fantastic prophecies: President Trump would win the election, widespread civil discontent would follow, and five years later a huge asteroid would hit the world. Robertson has been giving spectacular prophecies for years now. He has predicted the exact…
Commentary posted on January 25, 2021
Epiphany 4B Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 4B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 1:21-28 from the Lectionary Gospel; Deuteronomy 18:15-20 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 111 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Old Testament Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 25 (Lord’s Day 8)