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Lent 5A Sermon Commentary

 

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John 11:1-45 Sermon Commentary

Lent 5A

Sample Sermons For this Fifth Sunday in Lent Sermon commentary, I again present a sample sermon of mine that I wrote in connection with doing a seminar with Frederick Dale Bruner as he completed his Commentary on John (Eerdmans 2012).  “Just about Everywhere” In one of her short stories the writer Annie Dillard has a…

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Psalm 130 Sermon Commentary

Lent 5A

As we continue our Lenten journey up to Mt. Calvary, the Lectionary puts a perfect Psalm before us on this Fifth Sunday of Lent.  We’re getting close to our destination, but here the path takes a severe dip, sort of like a saddle on a mountain just before the summit.  This Song of Ascents takes…

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Romans 8:6-11 Sermon Commentary

Lent 5A

Romans 8: is there a better loved, more soaring passage in the New Testament than this one?   There is much here to linger over, savor, celebrate.  The Lectionary carves out only six verses but the truth is, Romans 8:1-17 form such a logical—and also lyric—unit that I would suggest reading all 17 verses, and indeed,…

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Ezekiel 37:1-14 Sermon Commentary

Lent 5A

No matter how gladly we sing the old spiritual about “dry bones” that’s based on Ezekiel 17, we must admit it’s among the most mysterious and, dare we say, strangest passages in all of the Scriptures.  Its imagery is so striking that it calls for vivid, poetic language to, by the power of the Holy…

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