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Mark 13:1-8 Sermon Commentary
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Digging into the Text: We have just gone through a tumultuous election campaign in which one of the candidates banked on the theme of fear. He wanted us to see that our country is going to hell in a handbasket, and he was the one who will save us. Most of us have had enough…
Psalm 16 Sermon Commentary
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Commentaries. Sometimes they are a wonderful help to the preacher, sometimes they are a hindrance. I looked through a few commentaries on this Psalm, and came away somewhat more confused than when I started. Commentaries often try to figure out the background of the Psalm in question. Who was the author? What was the occasion?…
Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25 Sermon Commentary
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Hebrews 10 may please both those who proclaim and those hear the Lectionary texts from Hebrews who feel like saying, “Enough of all that talk about Jesus and blood already. Just tell us what to do.” After all, after almost endlessly teaching us about Jesus and his work, this week’s text finally teaches us what…
1 Samuel 1:4-20 Sermon Commentary
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As we inch ever closer to Advent and another new church year, the Lectionary introduces us to yet another woman who loomed large in the history of redemption. In the contemporary climate of concern about women’s rights and the abuse of women, it is uncanny that the writers of the Lectionary should have long ago…
Commentary posted on November 12, 2018
Proper 28B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 28B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 13:1-8 from the Lectionary Gospel; 1 Samuel 1:4-20 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 16 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 37 (Lord’s Day 15)