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Galatians 3:23-29 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
Some advertisements thrive on presenting various “before-and-after” scenarios. Diet pills and plans like to place side by side pictures of people who were overweight before they went on their regimen but looked healthier after they completed it. Remodelers and others also employ pictures of kitchens before and after they did their work in order to…
Psalm 22:19-28 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
Psalm 22 certainly appears to have one of the biggest turnarounds in the Hebrew Psalter. After famously opening with a cry of divine abandonment and utter dereliction—followed by increasingly graphic descriptions of suffering and ridicule by enemies—the psalm concludes with effusive praise. The God who could not be located as the poem began returned, came…
Luke 8.26-39 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
There is no doubt that this is a difficult passage to preach. Very few of us will feel like we have real world, modern experience with demon possession—and some of us might not even believe it’s a real thing in this age. For those of us who look to match trouble and grace in the…
I Kings 19:1-4, 8-15 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7C
Illustration: Theologian Craig Barnes talks about the temptation to preach what he calls “bad dog sermons.” This is when the preacher stands in her pulpit, wagging a finger at the congregation. If she could reach their noses, she might even smack them with a rolled up newspaper, while scolding “Bad dog. Bad dog!” While there…
Commentary posted on June 16, 2025
Proper 7C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 7C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 8:26-39 from the Lectionary Gospel; 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15 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)