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Mark 10:2-16 Sermon Commentary
Proper 22B
Digging into the Text: Once again, this text is complex; it deals with two quite different issues. The first pertains to the issue of marriage and divorce, the second on the childlike way in which disciples “receive the kingdom.” At first it may seem that they are connected because marriage and children typically go together,…
Psalm 26 Sermon Commentary
Proper 22B
Digging into the Text: I am writing this piece a day after the gut-wrenching spectacle of the Kavanaugh hearing. If you ever wondered about the context and meaning of Psalm 26, just think of it on the lips of either one of the witnesses who testified before the Judiciary Committee. Think of Blasey Ford’s hesitant,…
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Sermon Commentary
Proper 22B
Until relatively recently I’d never preached a series of sermons on the book of Hebrews. That’s partly because I’ve struggled to relate it to life in the 20th and 21st centuries. Hebrews has always seemed to me to be so impractical and theological. So I’ve shied away from much of its talk about things like…
Job 1:1, 2:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Proper 22B
After a month of looking at Wisdom literature from a woman’s point of view, we will now spend a month in the decidedly masculine book of Job which wrestles with the question that has confounded the wisest women and men in the world. Why should a righteous person suffer in a world ruled by a…
Commentary posted on October 1, 2018
Proper 22B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 22B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 10:2-16 from the Lectionary Gospel; Job 1:1, 2:1-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 26 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 19 (Lord’s Day 6)