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Luke 21:5-19 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28C
Talk about the end of the world and everybody gets interested. The disciples were, too, when Jesus predicted some apocalyptic events. “Well,” they asked with faces a shade paler than they had been moments before, “when will all that bad stuff happen?” In answering them, Jesus gets even more vivid in predicting great and terrible…
Psalm 98 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28C
Reading Psalm 98 is like uncorking a well shook-up bottle of champagne. The cork rockets upward and the bubbly inside the bottle fountains forth in exuberance. We’ve all seen those locker rooms after a team wins the World Series or the Super Bowl when players spray each other with such bottles—some years ago someone finally…
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28C
Why were people in Thessalonica not wanting to work? Was it because they figured that Jesus was returning soon, or had already returned? Was it because things were a bit desperate after a famine in the area? Was it because many of them were continuing in a very normal pattern of client-patron relationships common in…
Isaiah 65:17-25 Sermon Commentary
Proper 28C
I love how the Lectionary brings the church year to a close. Next Sunday, of course, is the celebration of the reign of Christ the King. This Sunday we get a dramatic vision of the completion of the work of the King with this prophecy from Isaiah 65. It’s a welcome relief from our long…
Commentary posted on November 11, 2019
Proper 28C Sermon Commentary
The Proper 28C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 21:5-19 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 65:17-25 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 98 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 1 (Lord’s Day 1)