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Matthew 21:1-11 Sermon Commentary
Advent is the season of expectant waiting and hope, but could Palm Sunday be a mini-Advent of sorts? Through the first nine verses, there is clearly a hope and a building sense of anticipation about what is about to happen. Even when the questions come in verses 10-11, they come with a sense that things…
Isaiah 50:4-9 Sermon Commentary
Illustration: America loves winners. We like it when our teams win. We celebrate the victors. We talk about our children’s successes in our Christmas cards and humble brag about promotions on social media. America celebrates winners. And the American church has, largely, followed suit. Of course, it’s obvious in the health-and-wealth “gospel” scene but we’ve…
Psalm 31:9-16 Sermon Commentary
Since the Lectionary each year gives us a psalm each for the Liturgy of the Palms (Psalm 118 most years) and the Liturgy of the Passion (Psalm 31 this year), each year we select just one of them to focus on. This commentary is on the Psalm 31 lection but if you would like to…
Philippians 2:5-11 Sermon Commentary
In some ways Philippians 2:5-11 resembles taxes and my beloved Detroit Tigers’ mediocrity: each predictably comes around once a year – at least to preachers who follow the Revised Common Lectionary. As a result, this is now at least the ninth time I’ve had the privilege of writing a commentary on this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson….
Sermon Commentary From Other Lectionary Cycles
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday A
Some years back I heard what was reported to have been among the final gasping words of the famous singer Frank Sinatra. Sinatra’s signature song was “My Way” in which he crooned that when looking back on his life, although he had a few regrets, in the end “I did it my way.” But at…
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday A
Some years back I heard what was reported to have been among the final gasping words of the famous singer Frank Sinatra. Sinatra’s signature song was “My Way” in which he crooned that when looking back on his life, although he had a few regrets, in the end “I did it my way.” But at…
Psalm 31:9-16 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday A
There are two ways to commemorate Palm Sunday, according to the Lectionary. We can focus on the Palms and celebrate a day of victory filled with Hosannas. That was my focus last year (see the Sermon Commentary for March 20, 2016). Or we can focus on the Passion going on beneath the Hosannas. That is…
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Palm Sunday A
The Palm Sunday A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 26:14-27:66 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 50:4-9a from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 31:9-16 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Matthew 21:1-11 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 44 (Lord’s Day 16)