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John 12:20-33 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5B
“Sir, we would see Jesus.” With all due apologies to the many pastors out there who need to be addressed as “Ma’am” and not “Sir,” those of us who preach in various churches have seen those words—lifted up out of John 12:21—emblazoned on pulpits, often on a small brass plate visible to the preacher alone. …
Psalm 51:1-12 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5B
This semester I am a co-instructor in Calvin seminary’s Psalms & Wisdom Literature course. Last week I did a class session on tips for preaching the Psalms. One warning I always give—based on past experience with student sermons that went off the rails—is never to preach the superscriptions. Whether it is simply the common superscription…
Hebrews 5:5-10 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5B
This week’s Epistolary Lesson assumes that for a relationship to exist between God and God’s people, as well as among groups and between individuals, things must be repaired and restored. However, Hebrews 5 insists that the only way that can happen is if God does it. We’re sometimes angered to hear our various leaders reveal…
Jeremiah 31:31-34 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5B
This remarkably sunny text may seem a peculiar choice for the dark journey of Lent, unless we see it in the light of theme of covenant on which the RCL has been focusing during this Lenten season. We began with God’s covenant with Noah and all of nature, the covenant on which all life on…
Commentary posted on March 15, 2021
Lent 5B Sermon Commentary
The Lent 5B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 12:20-33 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 31:31-34 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 51:1-12 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 5:1-10 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 90 (Lord’s Day 33)