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Isaiah 55:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
Illustration “It’s not always going to be like this” You know that feeling of early friendship or love? When that other person — the object of your affection — knows you perfectly? Laughs at all your jokes? Finds you endlessly fascinating or attractive? Or maybe it’s the first time you hold that baby — a…
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
In my experience, few verses of Scripture are more often misquoted than 1 Corinthians 10:13. Countless faithful Christians have paraphrased it as “God never gives us more than we can handle.” Yet while that’s largely true, it’s not what Paul and Sosthenes actually write to Corinth’s Christians in verse 13. They, instead, insist God “will…
Psalm 63:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
Even in the middle of the Season of Lent, the Lectionary would just as soon as have us turn a blind eye to anything having to do with punishments for sin and evil. That has to be why they lop off the final few verses of Psalm 63. True, there may be some due hesitation…
Luke 13:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
On the surface, this exchange about suffering as punishment for sins seems simple enough to understand, but there is a lot more to reckon with. To be sure, the need for everyone to repent—and soon—is the clear point Jesus is making. Not only does his parable make the point that time is short, but he…
Commentary posted on March 17, 2025
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)