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Psalm 121 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
At a conference I attended recently, a woman who works as a psychologist and counselor addressed the topic of trauma in conversation with the Book of Psalms. She related a story from decades ago when her then-boyfriend became paralyzed following a devastating biking accident. In the midst of her grief and sorrow over this turn…
Genesis 12:1-4 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
Illustration In chapter 12 of the book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller tells the story of his friend Jason. Jason and his wife had a 13-year-old daughter. And their 13-year-old daughter had pot stashed in her closet. She had a boyfriend too. And she had a father who was terrified of…
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
There are no “only children” in God’s adopted family. Since, as Paul insists in this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson, Abraham is our father, we don’t just have a second (and third — in God) father. We also have countless siblings with whom we now and in the future will share an enormous inheritance. So preachers might…
John 3:1-17 Sermon Commentary
Lent 1A
In the verses just before Nicodemus comes knocking on Jesus’s door, the gospel writer tells us that people were coming to believe in Jesus because of the signs Jesus was doing while in Jerusalem. Then there’s this rather ominous line: “But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them… he himself knew what…
Commentary posted on February 23, 2026
Lent 1A Sermon Commentary
The Lent 2A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for John 3:1-17 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 12:1-4a from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 121 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 8 (Lord’s Day 3)