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Jeremiah 32:1-15 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21C
“A Little Book of Consolation” For those who have been tracking in Jeremiah with me through this season of Lectionary readings, be warned! This week’s lectionary text switches from poetry to narrative and left me quite disoriented. How can both the apocalyptic lament and the story of a land purchase both be Jeremiah? Let me…
Psalm 146 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21C
Psalm 146:9 directly names that famous triplet found throughout the Bible but most especially in the Old Testament: the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. If you read God’s Law and the various statutes God put into place for his people Israel (especially in Leviticus but elsewhere as well), you will see again and again…
Luke 16:19-31 Sermon Commentary
Proper 21C
We jump right into Jesus telling a story without knowing what has prompted it. Verses 14-17 indicate that this story comes about as Jesus is talking to the Pharisees about keeping the law. An important detail that connects this passage with the others we’ve been working through this summer is that the Pharisees were “lovers…
1 Timothy 6:6-19 Sermon Commentary
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Robert Frost entitled his arguably most well-known poem “The Road Not Taken.” It begins, famously, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” That phrase likely, in turn, helped inspire M. Scott Peck’s arguably most famous book’s title: The Road…
Commentary posted on September 28, 2025
Proper 21C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 21C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 16:19-31 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 32:1-3,6-15 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 146 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Timothy 6:6-19 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 125 (Lord’s Day 50)