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Mark 10:35-45 Sermon Commentary
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Comments and Observations: They just don’t get it. Period. The disciples do not understand. Again. Readers of Mark know the by-now all-too-predictable pattern: Jesus predicts his death and so commends humble and sacrificial living and the disciples respond with an argument over rank, power, and position. Even as readers we are getting a bit weary…
Psalm 91:9-16 Sermon Commentary
Proper 24B
Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Psalm 91 is a profession of God’s protective care. It’s a deeply beloved psalm, particularly by people who find themselves under some kind of duress. In fact, the church father Athanasius reportedly told a colleague, “If you desire to establish yourself and others in devotion, to know what confidence…
Hebrews 5:1-10 Sermon Commentary
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Comments and Observations In the verse right after our reading, the author admits that what he has just written is “hard to explain.” That is an understatement. It is particularly hard to explain today’s lectionary reading to a 21st century church that isn’t one bit interested in closely reasoned arguments about a “high priest in…
Job 38 Sermon Commentary
Proper 24B
Comments and Observations: Why did this happen? Why didn’t God prevent this? Or, very often it’s “Pastor, why did this happen? Pastor, where is God?” A child dies, a good person is killed, a freak accident takes the life of someone who was unspeakably precious to us, and we are left to wonder why. And…
Commentary posted on October 12, 2015
Proper 24B Sermon Commentary