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Mark 4:35-41 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7B
What an interesting detail Mark gives us when he narrates the story of Jesus calming the storm. He says that the disciples “took him [Jesus] with them in the boat, just as he was.” Just as he was… The disciples took Jesus just as he was. Which, apparently, was a tired man because the next…
2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7B
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote one of the most formative and influential books of the 20th century. He entitled it, The Cost of Discipleship. In his book that he wrote under the dark cloud of Nazi tyranny, he explored how costly it can be to take God’s grace not “in vain” (cf. 2 Corinthians 6:1) but, instead,…
Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7B
Ancient Israel was never know to be a seafaring people. By Jesus’s day being a fisherman was clearly a common occupation on the Sea of Galilee but Israel did not have much experience with sailing forth on mighty sea vessels out into the Mediterranean or some such. Yet the section of Psalm 107 that the…
1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7B
What’s not to like about this story? It has everything a good story needs: a scrappy young up-start, in intimidating and arrogant bully and a dramatic reversal of fortune with national consequences. For all that we say the Bible isn’t a book of heroes, this story — and it’s popularity in Sunday school classrooms around…
Commentary posted on June 17, 2024
Proper 7B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 7B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 4:35-41 from the Lectionary Gospel; 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23) 32-49 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 1 (Lord’s Day 1)