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Luke 3:7-18 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
Well what did you expect John would say? His preaching was getting through to the people. Bigly. His “in your face” approach to getting a message of repentance across was succeeding and before you knew it, John’s got people of all sorts asking “What should we do?” And in response to this earnest query, what…
Isaiah 12:2-6 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Note: During Advent the Lectionary occasionally appoints other readings in place of a Psalm. More than we realize, the Bible is a trove of images, similes, metaphors, and visual depictions. Throughout Scripture God describes himself through a battery of metaphors that inevitably lead you to form a picture in…
Philippians 4:4-7 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
The Bible is full of commands to “Rejoice.” Yet they’re not always calls to God’s people to just “be happy.” After all, the Scriptures’ calls to rejoice sometimes seem to come in the context of the least happy times and places. For example, the Paul who writes the Epistolary Lesson the Lectionary assigns for this…
Zephaniah 3:14-20 Sermon Commentary
Advent 3C
As I read Zephaniah, the memory of a bumper sticker came back to me. It said, “Jesus is coming soon, and is he ever ticked!” (It actually used a more vulgar term that gave the sticker more punch, but you get the point.) That is exactly the mood of most of Zephaniah. Indeed, if our…
Commentary posted on December 10, 2018
Advent 3C Sermon Commentary
The Advent 3C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 3:7-18 from the Lectionary Gospel; Zephaniah 3:14-20 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Isaiah 12:2-6 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Philippians 4:4-7 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 110 (Lord’s Day 42)