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Luke 20:27-38 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
This exchange is less about the topic and more about motive. The Sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection so their question is not in good faith, but is actually an attempt to prove how unrealistic the whole concept is. Underlying the Sadducees’ subject choice are two interconnected things: their love of Scripture and the way…
Psalm 17:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
If you bring last week’s psalm lection of Psalm 32 and place it next to Psalm 17, you find a curious contrast. In Psalm 32 the psalmist wrestles with unconfessed sin and how his not confessing it led to no small measure of torment for his spirit but even for his body. Finally he does…
Haggai 2:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
Names and Dates Haggai is a short book, wedged between Zephaniah and Zechariah, toward the end of the 12 books of the Minor Prophets. With just three chapters, you might say that Haggai is more minor than most! Using the dating scattered through the book like a modern-day time stamp, we learn that Haggai only…
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Sermon Commentary
Proper 27C
I grew up near a college that tried to take the Scriptures quite literally. One of the most memorable bumper stickers that “graced” at least some of its faculty and students’ cars read “In the case of the Rapture this car will be unoccupied.” As I matured, I wondered what havoc Rapture would wreak on…
Commentary posted on November 3, 2025
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)