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Luke 10:25-37 Sermon Commentary
The story of the Good Samaritan is so ubiquitous that most of the world, Christian or not, knows it: we’ve used the title to describe people who put themselves in harm’s way or help out strangers in need. So how do we preach a text that is so familiar and is already being used in…
Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Sermon Commentary
Some bible verses should come with content warnings and I think this week’s Hebrew Scripture lectionary text is a good example. Sometimes Scripture puts promises in God’s mouth that do not match our boots on the ground experience of God. “The Lord your God will help you succeed in everything you do—in your own fertility,…
Psalm 25:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Some years back I was a guest preacher at a local church and they told me that the service for that Sunday was going to be focused on education. They were celebrating that spring’s graduates in the congregation as well as noting the importance of running Christian day schools as in my Reformed tradition we…
Colossians 1:1-14 Sermon Commentary
This is a fruitful season of the year in the world’s northern hemisphere. So my wife and I thoroughly enjoy watching freshly picked fruit and vegetables appear at our local farmstand. While most of our local strawberry plants have finished bearing fruit for the season, we’re now enjoying delicious peaches that have been harvested from…
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Luke 10:25-37 Sermon Commentary
Proper 10C
If you are a baseball fan, you remember that bizarre play in Game 5 of last October’s playoffs between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers. The game was tied 2-2 in the 7th inning and Texas had a man on third base. The Toronto pitcher had just thrown a pitch to the Texas…
Luke 10:25-37 Sermon Commentary
Proper 10C
If you are a baseball fan, you might remember a bizarre play in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series playoff between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers. The game was tied 2-2 in the 7th inning and Texas had a man on third base. The Toronto pitcher had just thrown a pitch…
Psalm 25:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 10C
On first reading (and, I confess, second and third as well), I could not imagine preaching on Psalm 25. I mean, it jumps all over the place and has no easily discernible preaching theme. In one place it seems that David has a guilt complex, in another a persecution complex, and in still others an…
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Proper 10C
The Proper 10C Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Luke 10:25-37 from the Lectionary Gospel; Amos 7:7-17 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 25:1-10 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Colossians 1:1-14 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 34 (Lord’s Day 13)