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2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Sermon Commentary
Proper 8B
It’s probably a good thing that the Revised Common Lectionary offers preachers the opportunity to preach on this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson once every three years. Otherwise some of us might never feel emboldened to preach on what the apostles call “the grace of giving” (7). Yet this is another text about which preaching on it…
Psalm 30 Sermon Commentary
Proper 8B
The superscriptions over various psalms are not considered canonical and may represent someone’s guess at some point as to when a certain psalm may have been composed by David (or someone else). Psalm 51 sounds like something David would have been thinking after being confronted by the prophet Nathan over his affair with Bathsheba and…
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 Sermon Commentary
Proper 8B
Renewed for a New Season In his commentary on 1 and 2 Samuel, John Goldingay observes the way that 1 Samuel ends with Saul’s death, as though the series has ended. However, it is renewed for a new season and so 2 Samuel picks up the story in the Fall. You can practically hear the…
Mark 5:21-43 Sermon Commentary
Proper 8B
We have another one of Mark’s story sandwiches, but in this one, the connections are quite obvious: healing that results in restoration, and faith. The daughter of Jairus and the woman who had been hemorrhaging blood for so long represent two different kinds of backgrounds. One is part of a family, another is alone. One’s…
Commentary posted on June 24, 2024
Proper 8B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 8B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 5:21-43 from the Lectionary Gospel; 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 30 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 103 (Lord’s Day 38)