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Matthew 10:24-39 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7A
We’re in the same narrative moment as last week’s lectionary passage, meaning we are still considering the nature of our calling to go out as disciple-apostles who proclaim the good news of God through doing Kingdom good. You’ll note that last week had the option of including the verses where Jesus describes the hardship that…
Romans 6:1b-11 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7A
“The baptized Christian has, in an important sense, already died. The baptized Christian has already made her ‘final exit’ and has come through on the other side.” Fleming Rutledge makes that perhaps startling profession in her lovely sermon, “The Final Exit of the Baptized” (Not Ashamed of the Gospel, Eerdmans, 2007). The Spirit could use…
Genesis 21:8-21 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7A
Whatever else a person may think about the Bible and about the Old Testament in particular, you have to say this: it’s honest. The text does not generally shy away from presenting less-than-savory facts about even some of the most important characters in the biblical story. It’s often the proverbial “warts and all” presentation. The…
Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18 Sermon Commentary
Proper 7A
The Revised Common Lectionary is usually a straightforward affair when it comes to selected texts. But with semi-regularity you get a text chopped up the way Psalm 69 is divided in this lection. First we jump onto the already moving train only at verse 7, then we grab 4 verses, put 5 more in parentheses…
Commentary posted on June 25, 2023
Proper 7A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 7A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 10:24-39 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 21:8-21 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 69:7-10, (11-15), 16-18 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 6:1b-11 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 88 (Lord’s Day 33)