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Mark 9:38-50 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21B
It seems that the deflecting from discomfort that we saw last week is continuing this week. Though it may not seem like it at a first read through, Mark has placed this set of sayings here for a reason. Instead of the usual suspect, Peter, it’s John who speaks up this time. It could be…
Psalm 19:7-14 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21B
Admittedly Psalm 19 all-but begs to get split into two parts. That does not mean, however, that the Lectionary was correct to cave into doing just that. Whoever wrote this poem saw unity in it even if the rest of us ever since have had to work a bit to connect the first 6 verses…
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21B
There is not much Esther in the Revised Common Lectionary, and few pastors have ever complained or requested more. The Lectionary likewise does little with Song of Songs or Jude, and if you follow only the Lectionary, you would be unlikely to generate a long series of sermons on Nahum or Revelation, either. And it’s…
James 5:13-20 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21B
Were “community” in the deepest sense of the word a commodity that’s traded on some kind of stock exchange, it would be soaring in value. That’s partly because of the law of supply and demand. Genuine community the word is in such short supply that the demand sometimes exceeds the supply. So many things isolated…
Commentary posted on September 20, 2021
Proper 21B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 21B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 9:38-50 from the Lectionary Gospel; Esther 7:1-6, 9-20; 9:20-22 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 19:7-14 from the Lectionary Psalms; and James 5:13-20 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 113 (Lord’s Day 44)