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John 3:14-21 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4B
This commentary originally appeared as my regular blog post on The Twelve on March 2, 2021. If you wish to see a slightly different take on this passage, you can click here to view my sermon commentary from 2018. Johnson&Johnson&Jesus If you have gone to most any news or newspaper website in the last…
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4B
The Lectionary is giving us but a small sampling of Psalm 107 by carving out the first three verses and then a half-dozen from the center of the larger poem. If you read the entire psalm, you will discover it is a curious historical retrospective on various experiences that various unnamed people have had at…
Ephesians 2:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4B
Grace is what my colleague Scott Hoezee calls “the dearest piece of good news the church has for the world.” It’s also, however, what he calls, “fiercely difficult to grasp.” After all, grace has always been a source of both deep comfort and frustration, of both joy and even controversy for Christians. Jonah, for instance,…
Numbers 21:4-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 4B
In our Lenten journey this year, the RCL has been focusing on the theme of God’s covenant—with Noah and all creation, with Abraham and his descendants, with Israel at Sinai, and next week with the world as promised through Jeremiah’s words to the Exiles. In our reading for today, we have a vivid picture of…
Commentary posted on March 8, 2021
Lent 4B Sermon Commentary
The Lent 4B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 3:14-21 from the Lectionary Gospel; Numbers 21:4-9 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Ephesians 2:1-10 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 60 (Lord’s Day 23)