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Hebrews 9:24-28 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27B
Hebrews’ proclaimers as well as our hearers may by now feel a little burned out by Hebrews. That’s the way my colleague Len Vander Zee begins his thoughtful and insightful 2018 commentary on this week’s Epistolary Lesson. Hebrews’ preachers and teachers may feel a bit like investigators at a crime scene that’s so covered with…
Mark 12:38-44 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27B
Our two sections are directly connected by the mention of widows. In the first section, the widows are made destitute at the hands of the scribes, and in the second, a poor widow gives the last of her financial goods as a contribution to the faith community. Jesus clearly condemns the scribes in the first…
Psalm 146 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27B
The Lectionary likes Psalm 146 a lot and so it comes up with some frequency, including only 2 short months ago the first Sunday in September. The last couple of times that I wrote a commentary on Psalm 146 were pretty similar but this week I will take it in a different direction. If you…
Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27B
The Lectionary has us skip the drama of Ruth 2 and then dips in briefly to Ruth 3 for the connection with Boaz and then zooms ahead to the very end of Ruth 4 for the “happy ending” of the tale and how it all points forward to King David. As preachers, we are either…
Commentary posted on November 1, 2021
Proper 27B Sermon Commentary
For week 27B of the Revised Common Lectionary, find ideas and illustrations in sermon commentary for Mark 12:38-44, Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17, Psalm 146, and Hebrews 9:24-28 [10:11-18].
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 10 (Lord’s Day 4)