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Luke 13:31-35 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2C
Luke knew how to spin a tale! Today he’d likely be a best-selling writer no matter what his genre: novels, biographies, essays. Luke had style, narrative panache. Dip into any of his stories in The Gospel that bears his name or in The Book of Acts (that he also authored) and you see this readily….
Psalm 27 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2C
C.S. Lewis said somewhere that when you add it all up and consider it all together, in the end we would all find that our prayer life is also our autobiography. Who we are, where we’ve been, the situations we’ve faced, the fears that nag us, and not a few of the core characteristics of…
Philippians 3:17-4:1 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2C
We generally think of citizenship as, for instance, American, Canadian or whichever geographic country we call “home”. That citizenship not only identifies us but also shapes at least some of our attitudes and behavior. The Epistolary Lesson the RCL appoints for this Sunday, however, is not about national, but heavenly citizenship. That citizenship too, writes…
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Sermon Commentary
Lent 2C
This is one of the great seminal passages of Scripture, on a par with Genesis 1, Psalm 23, and John 3:16 in importance for both Jews and Christians. But what a mixture it is, filled with peculiar ancient inheritance customs (adopting a slave to become your heir), divine promises that still shape international politics today…
Commentary posted on March 11, 2019
Lent 2C Sermon Commentary
The Lent 2C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 13:31-35 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 27 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 95 (Lord’s Day 34)