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Mark 11:1-11 Sermon Commentary
Lent 6B
It’s something I’ve just never understood. Ever since I was a little kid I have wondered why the various Gospel texts on Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem are so careful to include both Jesus’ detailed instructions on where to find a colt (and what to do with it once they located it) and then a nearly…
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Sermon Commentary
Lent 6B
You wouldn’t know it to look at it. Yet it’s true: a portion of Psalm 118—specifically verses 22-23—is the single most-oft quoted Old Testament text in the New Testament. Not Psalm 23. Not Psalm 100. Not some well-known story like Abraham sacrificing Isaac or David and Goliath. Nope. It’s little old Psalm 118. That has…
Philippians 2:5-11 Sermon Commentary
Lent 6B
The retired American professional basketball star Charles Barkley once famously said in a television commercial, “I’m not a role model … Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” His statement displayed the kind of wisdom that other public figures sometimes lack. The Epistolary Lesson the RCL appoints for this…
Isaiah 50:4-9a Sermon Commentary
Lent 6B
The choice of this text for the Sixth Sunday of Lent makes perfect sense if we remember that the RCL has been tracing the theme of covenant this year (Year B). We have moved from God’s covenant with Noah and nature to God’s covenant with Abraham, from the giving of the covenant Law at Sinai…
Commentary posted on March 22, 2021
Lent 6B Sermon Commentary
The Lent 6B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 11:1-11 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 50:4-9a from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Philippians 2:5-11 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 31 (Lord’s Day 12)