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Micah 3:5-12 Sermon Commentary
Proper 26A
After spending a sustained amount of time in the books of Genesis and Exodus over the summer and early Fall, in the month-long lead up to Advent, the Lectionary plops us down into 4 different prophetic books. So part of the commentary each week will be to orient us to the argument of the book…
Psalm 43 Sermon Commentary
Proper 26A
If you rounded up some Old Testament scholars and especially those who are experts on the Book of Psalms, you would likely find consensus among most of those people that Psalms 42 and 43 belong together such that you really cannot look at one without the other. Some might contend this had originally been a…
1 John 3:1-3 Sermon Commentary
Proper 26A
Note: Since this passage is the suggested one for All Saints Day rather than Proper 26, preachers who wish to preach on 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 may feel free to consult previous commentaries on it found on this site at (https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2023-10-30/1-thessalonians-29-13-3/) and (https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2020-10-26/1-thessalonians-29-13-2/). In a culture that was once enamored with the concept of love,…
Matthew 23:1-12 Sermon Commentary
Proper 26A
Jesus has confounded and humbled the leaders by his words, challenging them in such a way that they have had to realize that they do not, in fact, know it all. As we ended last week, the leaders of the synagogue are not able to answer Jesus’s question about the Messiah and now they do…
Commentary posted on October 26, 2026
Proper 26A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 26A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 23:1-12 from the Lectionary Gospel; Micah 3:5-12 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 43 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 John 3:1-3 (from the All Saints Day Lectionary Epistle).
Related Reformed confession: Gospel Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 81 (Lord’s Day 30)
If you would also like to see a sermon commentary on the Joshua 3 text assigned for Proper 26A, please go here: https://cepreaching.org/