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1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson in some ways turns its hearers’ attention away from the well-being of all people toward the well-being of Christ’s Body, the Church. Yet while it to some extent focuses on inward rather than outward matters, Paul does not ignore the “common good” (1 Corinthians 12:7). Rather, he implies that the Church…
Psalm 19 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
Law. Decrees. Statues. Commands. Precepts. Once the writer of Psalm 19 switched his focus from the wonder of creation to the wonder of God’s law, he dug deep into his Hebrew thesaurus to use about every synonym for “law” as he could find. But he used this variety of terms not merely because he did…
Luke 4:14-21 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
Jesus’s opening teaching session in the gospel of Luke is divided between this week and next. The division affords us the opportunity to hold off on the challenge that Jesus’s prophetic voice will always bring to us as we listen to him. And in light of the Epiphany season, we can read our current text…
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
Commentary: Nehemiah, in General Since we are just dropping into the text for a moment this week, it might make sense to broaden our perspective to what the whole of Nehemiah wants us to know and learn. The NIBC commentary observes that “Ezra-Nehemiah is the Old Testament equivalent of the Acts of the Apostles —…
Commentary posted on January 20, 2025
Epiphany 3C Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 3C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas Luke 4:14-21 from the Lectionary Gospel; Nehemiah 8:1-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 19 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 25 (Lord’s Day 8)