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Isaiah 2:1-5 Sermon Commentary
Advent 1A
Over time many people, including most certainly many church people, have come to view Advent (and certainly Christmas) as a time when we need to do our level best to keep at bay any and all thoughts about sad things. Hence, a death in the congregation anywhere near Christmas just feels worse somehow than how…
Matthew 24:36-44 Sermon Commentary
Advent 1A
Comments, Questions, and Observations Here we are at the beginning of the Christian year; advent has begun, and we are reminded that we are people who are waiting. If you follow the gospel lectionary, then you know that we ended the year with a celebration of Jesus Christ and the kind of reign he has…
Psalm 122 Sermon Commentary
Advent 1A
Psalm 122 is one of fifteen psalms extending from Psalms 120-134, each of which is labeled “A Song of Ascents.” The sense of that title is that these were pilgrimage songs sung by Israelites as they ascended up to Jerusalem. Not surprisingly, therefore, the terms “Jerusalem,” “Zion,” and “house of Yahweh” occur with great density…
Romans 13:11-14 Sermon Commentary
Advent 1A
Doesn’t it almost seem as if the Revised Common Lectionary’s editors must have been citizens of the northern hemisphere? Of course, this Sunday’s first in the season of Advent makes their choice of Romans 13’s reflections on Christ’s return appropriate. But Paul sure spends a lot of its time talking about darkness in it. Citizens…
Commentary posted on November 21, 2022
Advent 1A Sermon Commentary
The Advent 1A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 24:36-44 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 2:1-5 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 122 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Romans 13:11-14 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 105 (Lord’s Day 40)