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1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Proper 25A
Though the sheer volume of sermons on them seem to belie the claim, preaching on the epistles can and perhaps even should be rather challenging. Reading Epistolary Lessons is, after all, as one colleague has pointed out, a bit like reading someone else’s mail. Preaching on this Sunday’s particular Epistolary Lesson is perhaps even more…
Psalm 1 Sermon Commentary
Proper 25A
With only a few weeks left in the Lectionary’s Year A cycle before Advent and Year B arrives, suddenly we arrive at Psalm 1. Along with Psalm 2, this poem is like the gateway into the Hebrew Psalter. As we have noted often in our sermon commentaries here on CEP, the Book of Psalms is…
Matthew 22:34-46 Sermon Commentary
Proper 25A
Comments, Questions, and Observations We are still in the temple, still dealing with the temple leaders engaging Jesus in the hopes of trapping or discrediting him. Last week we read about the Pharisees sending their disciples to question Jesus, and in-between those verses and this week’s text, the Sadducees took a round in the inquisition….
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Sermon Commentary
Proper 25A
Preamble: Although this text comes to us through the ordinary three-year lectionary cycle, it also lands with particularly distressing and uncomfortable timing. As war rages over the lands once promised to Moses, I urge pastors to tread lightly, as I have attempted to do here. First, we acknowledge that the modern nation-state of Israel is…
Commentary posted on October 23, 2023
Proper 25A Sermon Commentary
The Proper 25A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 22:34-46 from the Lectionary Gospel; Deuteronomy 34:1-12, from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 1 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Gospel Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 93 (Lord’s Day 34)