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Luke 16:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
This is an odd one! Indeed, the parable in Luke 16 surely counts as the oddest of all Jesus’ parables. This is not even a close call! You can read the whole thing once, twice, three times and the precise meaning of it remains mysteriously elusive. The shank of the problem is that the “hero”…
Psalm 113 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
In Robert Duvall’s film, The Apostle, we see a vignette of what could be described as a very “in your face” style of praise. The revival worship services of a certain stripe of Deep South fundamentalism are high-decibel, foot-stomping, hand-clapping, gizzard-piercing spectacles that are most decidedly not for the faint of heart! And yet,…
1 Timothy 2:1-7 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
Concerned about the divisions, the dissension from doctrine, and the deplorable way their inner congregational conflict looked to nonbelievers, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to try to make things better in the church. Back in chapter 1 verse 3, Paul reminded Timothy what he charged Timothy to do when he left: “instruct certain people not…
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
By now your congregation is probably getting tired of sermons on Jeremiah. Truth be told, you may be as well. I mean, it’s just one message of darkness after another, sorrow upon sorrow with no hope. Why keep going when we know the Lectionary has scheduled 4 more in this litany of woe? (That’s 2…
Commentary posted on September 16, 2019
Proper 20C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 20C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 16:1-13 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 8:18–9:1 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 113 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Timothy 2:1-7 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 18 (Lord’s Day 6)