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1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
Comments, Observations, and Questions Gospel proclaimers who don’t have a strong working knowledge of the Scriptures’ original languages benefit from access to a good Greek and Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible. After all, English translations of the Scriptures sometimes obscure important points that the Holy Spirit makes through their original languages. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson provides (at…
Luke 13:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
Comments, Questions, and Observations Why did the bad thing happen? Did they deserve it? This is how the text starts. And just to get it out of the way, Jesus doesn’t answer the why question. When it comes to theodicy, Scripture rarely, if ever, does. Instead, God’s wisdom is to turn our hearts and eyes…
Isaiah 55:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
The Year C Revised Common Lectionary would have us stop reading and thinking about Isaiah 55 at the 9th verse. But to me that’s rather like singing just the first two stanzas of “By the Sea of Crystal” but being told you can’t sing stanza 3. But since stanza 2 ends with “Hark the heavenly…
Psalm 63:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
When a psalm is as relatively brief as Psalm 63 and yet you notice that the Lectionary would have you stop reading—and presumably stop preaching—three verses shy of the actual conclusion of the poem, one might be justified in wondering what’s up. What is in those last few verses? Why the full stop before this…
Commentary posted on March 14, 2022
Lent 3C Sermon Commentary
The Lent 3C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 13:1-9 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 55:1-9, from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 63:1-8 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 78 (Lord’s Day 29)