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Hosea 1:2-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 12C
We teach a certain rule-of-thumb to our seminary students. We talk about it as colleagues in ministry. And deep down we intuitively know this truth anyway. We preachers know that it’s at best dicey to use our spouse and children as sermon illustrations, exemplars of behavior good or bad, or just generally as the starting…
Psalm 138 Sermon Commentary
Proper 12C
Psalm 138 has features shared by many psalms of praise. There are vows to praise God. There are references to the poet’s motivations for praising God. There is the ardent hope that eventually all the earth and all the kings and peoples of the earth will learn to praise Israel’s God as well. Like most…
Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19) Sermon Commentary
Proper 12C
The sacrament of baptism isn’t just a source of almost endless controversy among Jesus Christ’s friends. It’s also sometimes vulnerable to distraction from its importance. When, for example, Reformed Christians think of infant baptism, we sometimes focus on cute babies and their outfits, as well as beaming parents and grandparents. When Christians who practice “believers’…
Luke 11:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 12C
Coming straight on the heels of Jesus telling Martha that her sister Mary will not be deprived of sitting in the presence of God, Luke depicts Jesus as doing the same. The stories are less chronologically connected (i.e., there is no indication that this scene immediately played out after his night as a guest at…
Commentary posted on July 18, 2022
Proper 12C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 12C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 11:1-13 from the Lectionary Gospel; Hosea 1:2-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 138 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Colossians 2:6-15,(16-19) from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 119 & 120 (Lord’s Day 45/46)