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Luke 6:27-38 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 7C
If you are a preacher who likes to highlight the fact that Jesus was always friendliest toward the very same “sinners” that were shunned by the religious authorities of his day, then it can be a little disconcerting to hear Jesus in this passage use the word “sinners” in what sounds like a pejorative way. …
Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 7C
Across the spectrum of poems in the Hebrew Psalter are prayers that fit most every occasion and season in life. Laments, petitions, confessions, praise, thanksgiving; songs that fit happy days and songs that fit rotten days; lyric expressions of trust and bitter cries of abandonment and anger. It’s all in there. That’s an important thing…
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 7C
It may be a good thing that the Epistolary Lesson the Lectionary appoints for this Sunday comes up only about “once in a blue moon.” Its sections of 1 Corinthians 15 contain, after all, what N.T. Wright, to whose book, Paul for Everyone: I Corinthians, (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2003) I owe great deal…
Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Sermon Commentary
Epiphany 7C
The theme for this Sixth Sunday of Epiphany is the same in all four Lections—reversal of fortune. Psalm 37 and Luke 6:27-38 talk about loving enemies, thus reversing the usual response to those who abuse us. I Corinthian’s 15:35-50 expounds the great doctrine of the resurrection of the body, which reverses the apparent victory of…
Commentary posted on February 18, 2019
Epiphany 7C Sermon Commentary
The Epiphany 7C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 6:27-38 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 45:3-11, 15 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 107 (Lord’s Day 40)