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Luke 16:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
This set of verses is a difficult one to bring clarity to while preaching. Forget the fact that there are any number of interpretative directions you can take when sharing this parable: for every way this story can be understood, a fair amount of detail will need to be explained in order for the interpretation…
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
“This hurts me more than it hurts you” our parents assured us as they doled out some form of punishment or another. Timeouts, groundings, restrictions: our parents wanted to claim the greater pain was theirs in the issuing of the punishments than ours in the receiving of them. We, none of us, believe this when…
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, in…
1 Timothy 2:1-7 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20C
Paul packs this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson with “all’s.” In fact, he uses a form of the Greek word panta no less than five times in its seven verses. But while the apostle loads this text with “all,” nearly every use of the word carries with it both some mystery and the seed of controversy. So…
Commentary posted on September 12, 2022
Proper 20C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 20C Sermon Commentaries include reflection 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)