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John 1:43-51 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
Sample Sermon: “The Child’s Leading” Don’t you wish sometimes you could have been there, could have seen them in person? I mean the disciples and, of course, Jesus himself. You hear people say things like that once in a while. Wouldn’t it have been something to have been able to meet Peter, to shake Matthew’s…
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
A little more than half a year ago (July 17, 2017), I wrote a sermon commentary on the first and last parts of Psalm 139 on this Center for Excellence in Preaching website. Since I spilled a lot ink on the entire Psalm there, I’ll merely highlight some of those comments here and add a…
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
In Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest, at one point someone observes a husband and wife stealing coy glances at each other over dinner and just generally displaying their love. This leads one character to utter the wryly cynical observation, “The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is…
1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 2B
Nothing quite grabs our attention like a voice in the night. After all, it almost always signals trouble. The voice may be that of a child from the next bedroom: “Grandma, I’m sick,” or a teenager’s cell phone: “Dad, I’ve run out of gas.” Sometimes, of course, the voice in the middle of the night…
Commentary posted on January 8, 2018
Epiphany 2B Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 2B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 1:43-51 from the Lectionary Gospel; 1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 86 (Lord’s Day 32)