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Luke 18:1-8 Sermon Commentary
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Most of us know the opening to the various iterations of the “Law & Order” TV series that has been running for years and is now streaming on various channels. We hear a two-note musical beat, the screen fades from black to reveal . . . a dead body on the floor, someone’s discovering a…
Psalm 121 Sermon Commentary
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When I was a little kid, I remember Psalm 121 being read in church or sometimes at our dinner table. Back then various versions of the Bible translated that first line, “ I lift up mine eyes to the hills, whence cometh my help.” Read this way, it is clear that our help comes somehow…
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Sermon Commentary
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Well, one thing’s clear from today’s epistle lectionary: no one can accuse Paul of a triumphal view of ministry here on earth. These two letters to Timothy were meant to be encouragements to not just a colleague, but a protégé and mentee who was in a really tough ministry locale. Now, towards the closing of…
Jeremiah 31:27-34 Sermon Commentary
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We’ve come a long way in our 9 week journey through Jeremiah (and Lamentations), from the past of his call to the distant future of the New Covenant. Last week, we heard God tell Israel how to live in Exile during the 70 years they would be in Babylon. Now we are taken to the…
Commentary posted on October 14, 2019
Proper 24C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 24C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 18:1-8 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 31:27-34 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 121 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 98 (Lord’s Day 35)