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Mark 13:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28B
Between this week and last, we’ve gotten the benefits of a very pensive Jesus. Last week, Jesus sat and watched the Treasury system. This week he takes a seat on the Mount of Olives; from there he can see the entire site of the Temple, and he shares some of his reflections on what this…
1 Samuel 1:4-20 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28B
It’s curious how often the purposes of God move forward not just despite familial dysfunction but sometimes even because of it. We’ve got a load of dysfunction coming up in the Samuel story through the shenanigans of Hophni and Phineas—and Eli’s hand-wringing inability to do a blessed thing about it all. But we’ve got nettlesome…
Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28B
The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate it have changed the way at least some Christians have met or are currently “meeting together” (25). Restrictions have forced at least some of us to meet together remotely rather than in the same building. Restrictions have also forced some Christians to worship somewhat differently even when they…
Psalm 16 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28B
Probably we misread Psalm 16, or at least its most famous verses about how our bodies will rest secure. We have all been to our share of funerals that lift out verses 9-11 and put a resurrection spin on them. And maybe as Christians exegeting the Old Testament there is something right about that. All…
Commentary posted on November 8, 2021
Proper 28B Sermon Commentary
For week 28B of the Revised Common Lectionary, find ideas and illustrations in sermon commentary for Mark 13:1-8, 1 Samuel 1:4-20, Psalm 16, and Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 37 (Lord’s Day 15)