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Luke 13:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
Someday I’d like it explained to me why the Lectionary would assign the final verses of a chapter for the week prior to looking at its first 9 verses. Nobody reads the Bible backwards like that so it’s not the least bit clear to me why preaching it this way makes any sense, either. In…
Psalm 63:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
When a psalm is as relatively brief as Psalm 63 and yet you notice that the Lectionary would have you stop reading—and presumably stop preaching—three verses shy of the actual conclusion of the poem, one might be justified in wondering what’s up. What is in those last few verses? Why the full stop before this…
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
It’s likely that nearly all of us have heard Christians say something like, “God never gives us more than we can handle.” Because the people who say this generally have a lot to “handle,” I’m reluctant to confront them on it. But I’m always tempted to ask them, “Where exactly does God make that promise?”…
Isaiah 55:1-9 Sermon Commentary
Lent 3C
An old farmer once told me that there are two ways to break an egg—you can smash it with a hammer in a second or you can put it under a warm mother hen for a few days. An old preacher once told me that there two ways to call a sinner to repentance and…
Commentary posted on March 18, 2019
Lent 3C Sermon Commentary
The Lent 3C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 13:1-9 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 55:1-9, from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 63:1-8 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 10:1-14 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 78 (Lord’s Day 29)