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Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4C
Comments, Questions, and Observations Like Easter and Christmas, you sometimes wonder what else is left to say about such well-known stories like the Prodigal Son. But given the liturgical posture of Lent, and thinking about last week’s passage of warning, we are given a natural link to build between the elder brother and the parable…
Joshua 5:9-12 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4C
These four verses from Joshua 5 are rather innocuous looking. There is a lot of high drama in Joshua—and not a little of that drama is the stuff of deeply troubling matters involving holy war and total war and violence perpetuated by God’s people. But these verses appear to be mostly devoid of drama. They…
Psalm 32 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4C
Most of his friends had been hanged. But despite his central role in helping to construct Adolf Hitler’s Nazi nightmare, Albert Speer somehow managed to receive from the Nuremberg trials only a twenty-year sentence at the Spandau Prison in Berlin. Not long after arriving in Spandau, Speer met with the prison chaplain. To the chaplain’s…
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4C
There are Sundays when nearly all of us feel like the Spirit inspired the Scriptures’ authors to address the day’s headlines. This Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson is one of those times. As I write this Commentary, Russia continues to escalate its assault on Ukraine and its people. Its troops recently bombed a maternity and children’ hospital,…
Commentary posted on March 21, 2022
Lent 4C Sermon Commentary
The Lent 4C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 from the Lectionary Gospel; Joshua 5:9-12 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 32 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 17 (Lord’s Day 6)