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Luke 4:21-30 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
I don’t quite understand this passage. Or at least I don’t understand how it turns out. It’s not so much what is contained in this Lectionary snippet of verses 21-30 as how this call follows on what we saw last week in the first part of this story. After all, Luke 4:15 assures us that…
Psalm 71:1-6 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
There is a part of the well-known story (and the popular Sunday School story) of “Jacob’s Ladder” that most people don’t know about or just ignore. The outlines of the story are familiar and are also accurate enough to the biblical text in Genesis: Jacob is on the lam, fleeing the fury of his brother…
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
In the more than twenty years that I’ve ministered with and to the church I currently serve, I’ve never preached on 1 Corinthians 13. Now I remember why. Not only is it so lovely that it nearly defies description. It’s also like a figurative lit stick of dynamite. So I take comfort in the assertion…
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 4C
As encouraging and upbeat as Nehemiah 8 was for preachers last week, Jeremiah 1 is more than a bit intimidating and negative. Nehemiah 8 depicted a preacher’s dream: a willing congregation that invited Ezra to open the Word of God, visibly demonstrated their ready hearts, listened intently to the Word and its interpretation, and responded…
Commentary posted on January 28, 2019
Epiphany 4C Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 4C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 4:21-30 from the Lectionary Gospel; Jeremiah 1:4-10 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 71:1-6 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 112 (Lord’s Day 43)