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Luke 8:26-39 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
What do you suppose they were all so afraid of? After all, that is the bottom line of this dramatic and startling story in Luke 8: all the witnesses and all the townsfolk were afraid. What was it that did them in, fear-wise? Was it the sight of all those dead pigs floating in the…
Psalm 22:19-28 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
Ordinary Time is just beginning in the early summertime of 2019 yet the Lectionary directs us to a sometimes difficult psalm. Yes, we are being asked to consider only the hope-filled, praise-filled conclusion to this poem but it’s not as though we can forget its terrible opening set of verses. “My God, my God, why…
Galatians 3:23-29 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
Too many white Americans including Christians have made a mess of race relations by endorsing the horrors of things like Native American displacement, slavery, Japanese-American internment camps and even real estate redlining. In fact, whether it’s in connection with the abomination that is racial profiling or the controversy that surrounds affirmative action, we still manage…
1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
This is one of the great short stories in the Bible, indeed, in all of literature. It has all the elements of a riveting story—a twisting plot, clever symbolism, stylistic devices, unexpected irony, deep pathos, raw humanity, stunning theophanies, and an ending that we don’t see coming. But best of all, it speaks a message…
Commentary posted on June 17, 2019
Proper 7C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 7C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 8:26-39 from the Lectionary Gospel; I Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 22:19-28 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Galatians 3:23-29 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 67 & 68 (Lord’s Day 25)