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Luke 4:14-21 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
Suspense! If you stop at verse 21 as the Lectionary would have you to do and hold off on what happens in verses 22 and following next week, then a sermon on this text ends in some suspense as we wait to see how the people will react to what Jesus has just said and…
Psalm 19 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
Almost 115 years ago an unknown patent clerk named Albert Einstein published a series of papers detailing what he called “special relativity.” At one fell swoop, Einstein shattered centuries’ worth of scientific theories about the fundamental nature of reality. The theories of Isaac Newton and his mechanical understanding of the universe’s functioning were swept away,…
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
When asked to define “church,” at least some people answer by talking about a place like a building, an event like a worship service, or even a kind of organization that people join. But when Paul defines “church,” he speaks of a living organism into which God’s children are born again, by God’s grace. He…
Nehemiah 8:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 3C
This passage will deeply move every preacher who reads it, either to joy or to sorrow, to gratitude or to envy. I mean, what happens here is a preacher’s dream. The whole congregation– men, women (not typical in a Temple service), and children old enough to understand what was going on—spontaneously gathered for worship. They…
Commentary posted on January 21, 2019
Epiphany 3C Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 3C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 4:14-21 from the Lectionary Gospel; Nehemiah 8:1-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 19 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 25 (Lord’s Day 8)