Psalm 119:1-8
Epiphany 6A
In the world of secular music, I would guess you would be hard pressed to find many songs with titles like “I Just Love Rules!” In fact the website Ranker provided their top list of songs with the word “law” in the title but songs of the variety “I’m Lovin’ the Law” don’t seem […]
Matthew 23:1-12
Proper 26A
Matthew 23 indicates that pastors (i.e., most of us reading this sermon commentary) need to be wary of the titles people afford us. Although neither “Reverend” nor “Pastor” is specifically mentioned in Matthew 23, only a very wily preacher would ever suggest this indicates that those titles are exempt from Jesus’ comments. So what […]
Matthew 23:1-12
Proper 26A
Matthew 23 indicates that pastors (i.e., most of us reading this commentary) need to be wary of the titles people afford us. Although neither “Reverend” nor “Pastor” is specifically mentioned in Matthew 23, only a very wily preacher would ever suggest this indicates that those titles are exempt from Jesus’ comments. So what are […]
Ephesians 1:3-14
Christmas 2B
[…] transaction. It is, in effect, my promise to pay in full later. But before the dealer will accept my car as trade, I must bring in my title to the car. In order to be legal, that title must have the seal of the State of Michigan on it. Without that seal, the title […]
Matthew 4:1-11
Lent 1A
[…] the kind of instant gratification that will do an end-run on our need to trust God’s Word over the long haul. Indeed, isn’t there a best-selling book titled Your Best Life Now written by a pastor, no less? You have the feeling that the book wouldn’t sell nearly as well if its title were […]
The Innocents (2016)
The Innocents (French title Agnus Dei). 2016. Directed by Anne Fontaine. Written by Peter Bonitzer and Anne Fontaine. Starring Agata Buzek, Lou de Laâge, and Vincent Macaigne. 115 Mins. Rated PG-13. In Poland during the last days of WW II a young French physician-in-training (Lou de Laâge) finds herself in a very difficult, and […]
Mark 6:14-29
Proper 10B
[…] because he had the temerity to question the morality of Herod the Tetrarch (he never was actually designated a king and when he petitioned Rome for the title, Caesar Gaius Caligula banished Herod and Herodias to Gaul for the rest of their lives). As has too often been the case in history, the powers […]
Ephesians 1:15-23
Proper 29A
[…] right hand of the Father, Jesus soars far above every other kind of ruler or authority. Paul seems intent here on throwing in just about every word, title, and authoritative concept that he can just to make sure he has the bases covered. He mentions rule, authority, power, and dominion. His original words suggest […]
Matthew 4:1-11
Lent 1A
[…] the kind of instant gratification that will do an end-run on our need to trust God’s Word over the long haul. Indeed, isn’t there a best-selling book titled Your Best Life Now written by a pastor, no less? You have the feeling that the book wouldn’t sell nearly as well if its title were […]
Matthew 14:22-33
Proper 14A
If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. That was the title some years back of a popular book written by John Ortberg. And the title reflects what is doubtless the most common “take” on this story. Over and again this well-known story comes to mean something […]
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