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2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
Paul spends much of his letters to Thessalonica’s Christians talking about Jesus’ second coming, about what he calls in this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson’s verse 2 “the day of the Lord.” That, however, may seem like an odd topic for the Lectionary to call Christians to contemplate just weeks before our celebration of Jesus’ first coming….
Luke 20:27-38 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
It is interesting that the Sadducees are the ones to pose this particular question to Jesus because they did not believe in a heaven. Using this story about a wife of seven brothers, they believe, will show the absurdity of the concept. To put it in its most basic summary form, the Sadducees believed that…
Psalm 17:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
Those of you who read the Psalm sermon commentaries here on CEP know that I frequently observe that different psalms fit different seasons of life. And so we always have to nuance upbeat songs of praise with the downbeat psalms of lament such that no one in the church gets the impression that true believers…
Haggai 1:15-2:9 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
Things in the church are a little different these days. Some years ago at my alma mater it was decided that after nearly twenty-five or so years without having an on-campus chapel—a dedicated worship space—it was high time to build one. In the years since the college had moved from its original campus, most everything…
Commentary posted on October 31, 2022
Proper 27C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 27C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 20:27-38 from the Lectionary Gospel; Haggai 1:5b-2:9 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 17:1-9 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 117 (Lord’s Day 45)