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Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Sermon Commentary
Proper 19C
The Politics of Babylon Jeremiah is coming at God’s people with every attempt he can think of in hopes of stirring them out of complacency. The emotional appeals run the gamut: grief, anger, provocation, reasoning, coaxing. He sees the people jockeying for power, attempting alliances with this super-power and then another. He observes their systemic…
1 Timothy 1:12-17 Sermon Commentary
Proper 19C
At first glance, 1 Timothy 1:17 may seem like a strange place to put such a stirring doxology. After all, while we profess the Spirit inspired its placement, it’s only a relative handful of verses into Paul’s letter to his “true son in the faith” (1). While there are, of course, exceptions, we generally find…
Psalm 51:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 19C
Even allowing for poetic license, it is a little difficult to know what to do with Psalm 51:6. Despite in the previous verse having referenced what we often call the doctrine of Original Sin—we are sinful from the get-go and thus not only after we commit an actual sin—in verse 6 the claim is made…
Luke 15:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 19C
These two parables—even without the more often read story that follows them—have a bit of a bite to them all on their own. More likely than not, we come to them with hearts and minds more like the Pharisees and scribes than we do like the tax collectors and sinners. Many of us sitting in…
Commentary posted on September 8, 2025
Proper 19C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 19C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 15:1-10 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 51:1-10 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Timothy 1:12-17 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 7 (Lord’s Day 3)