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Matthew 22:15-22 Sermon Commentary
Proper 24A
The challengers come to Jesus feeling sly and like they have an Ace in their pocket. They leave their encounter with Jesus amazed even though they have “lost.” You’d think they had just watched a street performer do the most amazing trick they’ve ever seen! What’s probably happened, though, if they were truly listening to…
Exodus 33:12-23 Sermon Commentary
Proper 24A
Go Between The first 11 verses of chapter 33 spell out the way Moses was called by God to operate among the people. At first God indicates that Moses will need to lead the people on his own. It’s almost as if God doesn’t trust that He will be able to keep loving these hard-hearted,…
Psalm 96:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Proper 24A
In the mid-1970s when I was a boy, our congregation in Ada, Michigan, got a new minister who tended to begin worship services using Psalm 96:7-8 as his Call to Worship. Over and over and more weeks than not I heard Rev. MacLeod say, “Ascribe to the Lord . . .” multiple times. I…
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 24A
It sometimes seems as if the RCL editors had their eyes not just on the church year calendar, but also the secular one. After all, this Sunday on which Paul fills its Epistolary Lesson with expressions of thanksgiving falls between Canadian and Americans’ Thanksgiving Days. Some Thanksgiving traditions include a variation of the “What are…
Commentary posted on October 12, 2026
Proper 24A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 24A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 22:15-22 from the Lectionary Gospel; Exodus 33:12-23 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13) from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Gospel Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 104 (Lord’s Day 39)