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Mark 9:30-37 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20B
Digging Into the Text: Jesus and the disciples are “on the road again,” headed for Jerusalem. But Jesus didn’t want anyone to know. He didn’t want any more disturbances or interruptions because he was teaching the disciples, preparing them for what lay ahead. Now, for the second time he tells them exactly what it is…
Psalm 1 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20B
Digging into the Text: Psalm 1 didn’t just happen to be placed at the beginning of the book of Psalms. After all, Psalms is perhaps the most obviously and carefully edited of all the books of the Bible. It’s the forward to the book, the opening inscription, the epigram on the first page. Which means…
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Sermon Commentary
Proper 20B
The scope of this Sunday’s Lectionary Epistle makes the lesson somewhat awkward. It, after all, spans parts of at least five paragraphs and two subject headings in most English Bible translations. This lesson also simply omits most translations’ second half of verse 8. That awkwardness will leave at least some of us searching hard to…
Proverbs 31:10-31 Sermon Commentary
Proper 20B
Given the current climate in the church, I suspect that most preachers will steer a wide berth around this (in)famous text. At the funeral of a great woman who embodied this text, I wondered aloud to the younger women in her life whether this might be a fitting text to be used as a reading. …
Commentary posted on September 17, 2018
Proper 20B Sermon Commentary
The Proper 20B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Mark 9:30-37 from the Lectionary Gospel; Proverbs 31:10-31 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 1 from the Lectionary Psalms; and James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Psalm: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 114 (Lord’s Day 44)