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Mark 10:46-52 Sermon Commentary
Well, at least it wasn’t the disciples this time. There are a lot of deep running themes in this scene, but why would be surprised by that? Jesus has shown himself time and time again to be a certain kind of Messiah in the Gospel of Mark, and as Mark’s narrative enters a new stage…
Job 38:1-6, 10-17 Sermon Commentary
In one way, this sequence of lectionary readings have been helpful: setting up a premise — unjust suffering that God’s people throughout history and geography will relate to, Job’s honest response, God showing up and putting the present moment in context and, finally, this week, Job’s acceptance of God’s power and wisdom. On the other…
Psalm 126 Sermon Commentary
Perky. That’s the word that came to mind after I once again read this short, effervescent psalm. It’s perky. It bubbles over with joy and hopefulness. It is about a reversal of fortune that generates almost giddy happiness and joy. It is about dreams coming true—dreams that for too long seemed to be unlikely at…
Hebrews 7:23-28 Sermon Commentary
In the United States, this is a season of campaigning and electioneering. On top of all the uncertainty that elections ordinarily create is the fact that the incumbent president, Joseph Biden, is not running for re-election. America’s next president will be different from the current one. This means that there will be a transition between…
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Mark 10:46-52 Sermon Commentary
Proper 25B
Digging into the Text: Where are we? That’s always a good question to ask concerning a Gospel passage, and it’s particularly appropriate for this episode. The healing of Bar Timaeus comes as the climax to the entire first half of Mark, and at the completion of Jesus final trek to Jerusalem. The very next event…
Mark 10:46-52 Sermon Commentary
Proper 25B
Comments and Observations Bartimaeus. Jericho. Just names, right? Well, not really. Sometimes the Bible discloses some of its most vital points in the details we tend to just skip over en route to the “main” story or the “meat” of a given passage. But in the case of Mark 10, the two names mentioned above…
Psalm 34:1-8 (19-22) Sermon Commentary
Proper 25B
Digging Into the Text: 1). The first thing to notice about this Psalm is that it is an acrostic. The poet/Psalmist not only takes on the usual formal patterns of Hebrew poetry such as parallelism, but adds the even more demanding form of the acrostic. It is analogous to the modern poet adopting the form…
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Proper 25B
The Proper 25B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 10:46-52 from the Lectionary Gospel; Job 42:1-6, 10-17 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 126 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 7:23-28 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 80 (Lord’s Day 30)