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Romans 7:15-25a Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
Both Benjamin Franklin and George Washington reportedly quoted Edwin Sandys’ insistence, “Honesty is the best policy.” Yet this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson may make its proclaimers wonder if honesty is really the best policy. Some of Jesus’ followers like to quote Scriptural passages such as Psalm 38:18 as insisting confession is “good for the soul.” Yet…
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
Commentator’s Note: The genius of the latter half of Genesis is the way it tells stories of fascinating characters — interesting to us not primarily because they are foreign or strange but precisely because we see our own families, stories, dramas, traumas and redemptions on display. Over the next two weeks, I’ve written a narrative,…
Psalm 145:8-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
Psalm 145 occurs twice in each of the Revised Common Lectionary’s Years of A, B, and C. But it’s never the whole psalm for some reason. This Year A reading carves out some of the middle of this song while other assigned lections in other years include the first verses, the last verses, the middle…
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
Over the next number of weeks the lectionary will be giving us pairs of verses that skip over sections. Although some of us will feel relieved to not have to address things like the “woes” that are in verses 20-24 of chapter 11, some of us might feel like an interpretative angle has been forced…
Commentary posted on June 29, 2026
Proper 9A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 9A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 24: 34-38, 42-49, 58-67 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 145:8-14 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 7:15-25a from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 3 (Lord’s Day 2)