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Hebrews 7:23-28 Sermon Commentary
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Few promises mean more to hurting people than, “I’m praying (or I’ll pray) for you.” We long to have someone “put in a good word for us” before God. In fact, I’ve even people whose faith is fragile or apparently non-existent seem to often appreciate the thought behind a promise of prayer, if not necessarily…
Psalm 126 Sermon Commentary
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Some of us might remember that another version/translation of Psalm 126:1 mentions specifically the time when “the captives” were brought back to Jerusalem. That framing of this psalm places this on the far side of the seventy-year exile in Babylon as the people of Israel slowly returned from captivity after Persia conquered Babylon and the…
Mark 10:46-52 Sermon Commentary
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A couple of weeks ago, we witnessed the rich man come to terms with reality. This week, we see a bit of a contrast in the person of Bartimaeus. Both he and the rich man are earnest and sincere in their desire to encounter Jesus, but one walks away and the other follows our Lord….
Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Sermon Commentary
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And they lived happily ever after . . . Really? Is it really possible that the Bible’s most troubled (and at times most torturous) book has the proverbial “happy ending”? Did Disney take over this project at some point?! At first glance you might think so. Job replies to God that in the wake of…
Commentary posted on October 19, 2021
Proper 25B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 25B Sermon Commentaries include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 10:46-52 from the Lectionary Gospel; Job 42:1-6, 10-17 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 126 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 7:23-28 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 80 (Lord’s Day 30)