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Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
I’m sure they had their reasons. I refer to the folks who put together the readings for the Revised Common Lectionary. I’m sure they had their reasons to leap-frog over verses 20-24 but in so doing, they created something of an irony (if not something of an exegetical faux pas). Granted, Jesus’ rant against various…
Psalm 145:8-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
The Lectionary has carved out just seven verses from the middle of Psalm 145 but in truth, the whole Psalm sounds the same notes. Coming as this poem does near the very end of the Hebrew Psalter, we are definitely in the final exultation of singular praise with which this collection concludes. The Psalms have…
Romans 7:15b-25 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
Those who find it relatively easy to lose weight can’t see the not-so-civil war that’s constantly being waged inside those who must struggle to drop pounds. I, for example, want to do the good that is eating less junk food and more healthy food. In fact, I know that I should eat fewer potato chips…
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Sermon Commentary
Proper 9A
The last time we saw Isaac, he was being laid on the altar by his father Abraham (Genesis 22). It is now many years later. Abraham has laid his wife, Sarah, in a grave purchased from the surrounding Hittites (Genesis 23). And now he has one more item of unfinished business. Isaac is 40 years…
Commentary posted on June 29, 2020
Proper 9A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 9A Sermon Starters include commentary 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 7:15b-25 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 3 (Lord’s Day 2)