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Sermons Upon The Lectionary Readings.
Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 14, 2022 (message contributor)
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1. 2nd Sunday In Lent, Year B.
Contributed on Feb 28, 2021
February 28, 2021.
Genesis 17:1-7, Genesis 17:15-16, Psalm 22:23-31, Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38, Mark 9:2-9. (A) A COVENANT FOR ALL NATIONS. Genesis 17:1-7; Genesis 17:15-16. Abram was ninety-nine years old. Ishmael, his son by his wife’s slave girl Hagar, was thirteen. Now, after a long silence, the LORD ...read more
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2. 3rd Sunday In Lent, Year B.
Contributed on Mar 1, 2021
March 7, 2021.
Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19:1-14, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22. (A) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Exodus 20:1-17. The first thing that we notice about the Ten Commandments is that they are the words of God (Exodus 20:1). Secondly we notice that the LORD is the God who has redeemed us (Exodus ...read more
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3. 4th Sunday In Lent, Year B.
Contributed on Mar 10, 2021
March 14, 2021.
Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, Psalm 107:17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21. (A) A SERPENT ON A POLE, AND A MAN ON A CROSS. Numbers 21:4-9. Much of the books of Exodus and Numbers tells the sad history of a people who for forty years - whilst being delivered, led, and provided for by God - ...read more
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4. 5th Sunday In Lent, Year B.
Contributed on Mar 15, 2021
March 21, 2021.
Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-12, Psalm 119:9-16, Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33. (A) A NEW COVENANT. Jeremiah 31:31-34. 1. “Behold the Days are Coming” This is a recurring motif in Jeremiah. There is a certainty about it, because it is a declaration of the LORD. It occurs in Jeremiah ...read more
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5. Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday. March 28, 2021.
Contributed on Mar 21, 2021
6th Sunday in Lent, Year B.
Psalm 118:1-2, Psalm 118:19-29, Mark 11:1-11, John 12:12-16, Isaiah 50:4-9, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 15:1-47. (A) THANKSGIVING AT THE GATE OF JERUSALEM. Psalm 118:1-2; Psalm 118:19-29. As the crowd approaches Jerusalem for the great annual feast, the mood is one of thanksgiving ...read more
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6. Easter Sunday, Year B.
Contributed on Mar 28, 2021
April 4th, 2021.
Isaiah 25:6-9, Psalms 118:1-2, Psalms 118:14-24, Acts 10:34-43, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Mark 16:1-8, John 20:1-18. (A) THE EASTER APOCALYPSE. Isaiah 25:6-9. This small passage lies at the heart of the so-called ‘Isaiah Apocalypse’ of chapters 24-27 and brings hope into an otherwise dismal ...read more
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7. 2nd Sunday Of Easter, Year B.
Contributed on Apr 5, 2021
April 11, 2021.
Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133:1-3, 1 John 1:1-10, 1 John 2:1-2, John 20:19-31. (A) GRACE TO GIVE. Acts 4:32-35. The first reference to the voluntary sharing of the early church occurs soon after Pentecost, when the believers in the Jerusalem church (3,120 members plus daily additions) were said to ...read more
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8. 3rd Sunday Of Easter, Year B.
Contributed on Apr 11, 2021
April 18, 2021.
Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4:1-8, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36-48. (A) A 'SUFFERING SERVANT' SERMON IN SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 3:12-19. The occasion of this Sermon was after the healing of a crippled man who used to sit begging below a gate called ‘Beautiful’ – a huge brass gate which, ...read more
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9. 4th Sunday Of Easter, Year B.
Contributed on Apr 18, 2021
April 25, 2021.
Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23:1-6, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18. (A) HEALING, RESURRECTION, AND SALVATION. Acts 4:5-12. There is a parallel between the persecution of Jesus upon the healing of a man ‘blind from birth’ (John 9:1), and the persecution of Peter and John upon the healing of a man ‘lame ...read more
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10. 5th Sunday Of Easter, Year B.
Contributed on Apr 25, 2021
May 2, 2021.
Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:25-31, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-8. (A) THE ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR. Acts 8:26-40. Many centuries ago, long before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah foresaw the suffering of “the Servant of the LORD” in dramatic language which hid nothing of the horror and the power of ...read more
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11. 6th Sunday Of Easter, Year B.
Contributed on May 2, 2021
May 9, 2021.
Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98:1-9, 1 John 5:1-6, John 15:9-17. (A) THE GENTILE PENTECOST. Acts 10:44-48. On one occasion, king David inquired of the LORD, ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines?’ To which the LORD replied, ‘Go up,’ and David defeated the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:19). Threatened ...read more
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12. 7th Sunday Of Easter, Year B.
Contributed on May 9, 2021
May 16, 2021.
Acts 1:15-17, Acts 1:21-26, Psalm 1:1-6, 1 John 5:9-13, John 17:6-19. (A) THE APOSTOLIC FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH. Acts 1:15-17, Acts 1:21-26. When Jesus appeared to “the eleven” and the rest of the Upper Room assembly after His resurrection, He demonstrated the need for His death and ...read more
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13. Pentecost Sunday, Year B.
Contributed on May 16, 2021
May 23, 2021.
Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm 104:24-35, Acts 2:1-21, Romans 8:22-27, John 15:26-27, John 16:5-15. (A) CAN THESE BONES LIVE? Ezekiel 37:1-14. When confronted with insurmountable difficulties we often ask: “Can these bones live?” Yet the question originates with God, and is addressed to man. The ...read more
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14. Trinity Sunday, Year B.
Contributed on May 23, 2021
1st Sunday after Pentecost, May 30, 2021.
Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29:1-11, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-17. (A) WHERE HEAVEN AND EARTH MEET. Isaiah 6:1-8 1. THE AWESOMENESS AND MAJESTY OF GOD (Isaiah 6:1-4). It was the year that King Uzziah, king of Judah, died (Isaiah 6:1). In Jerusalem, the prophet Isaiah was in the Temple, the place ...read more
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15. 2nd Sunday After Pentecost. June 6th, 2021.
Contributed on May 30, 2021
B Proper 5, 2021.
Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 3:8-15, Psalm 130:1-8, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Mark 3:20-35. (A) THE LORD WILL PERFECT ME. Psalm 138:1-8. In Psalm 138:1, David praises the LORD. 1st, his praise is wholehearted (cf. Psalm 9:1; Psalm 86:12-13; Psalm 103:1-2; Psalm 111:1). 2nd, ...read more
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16. 3rd Sunday After Pentecost. June 13th, 2021.
Contributed on Jun 6, 2021
B Proper 6, 2021.
1 Samuel 15:34-35, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 92:1-4, Psalm 92:12-15, 2 Corinthians 5:6-17, Mark 4:26-34. (A) ANOINTING A MAN AFTER THE HEART OF GOD. 1 Samuel 15:34-35; 1 Samuel 16:1-13. Israel had demanded a king, just so that they could be like the other nations. Samuel had protested, but the ...read more
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17. 4th Sunday After Pentecost. June 20th, 2021.
Contributed on Jun 13, 2021
B Proper 7, 2021.
Psalm 133:1-3, Job 38:1-11, Psalm 107:1-3, Psalm 107:23-32, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41. (A) THE DEW OF HERMON. Psalm 133:1-3. I like the Scottish Metrical version of this Psalm: “Behold, how good a thing it is, and how becoming well, Together such as brethren are in unity to ...read more
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18. 5th Sunday After Pentecost. June 27th, 2021.
Contributed on Jun 20, 2021
B Proper 8, 2021.
Psalm 130:1-8, Lamentations 3:22-33, Psalm 30:1-12, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15, Mark 5:21-43. (A) WAITING IN HOPE. Psalm 130:1-8. This Psalm is a song of ascent: “Out of the depths” (Psalm 130:1). The Latin language captures the intensity of the situation: “De profundis” (from which we have the ...read more
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19. 6th Sunday After Pentecost. July 4th, 2021.
Contributed on Jun 27, 2021
B Proper 9, 2021.
Ezekiel 2:1-5, Psalm 123:1-4, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13. (A) A HARD CALLING. Ezekiel 2:1-5. In times gone by, and in certain places and professions still, it was taken for granted that children would follow in the trade of their fathers. James and John, the sons of Zebedee, ...read more
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20. 7th Sunday After Pentecost. July 11th, 2021.
Contributed on Jul 4, 2021
B Proper 10, 2021.
Psalm 24:1-10, Amos 7:7-15, Psalm 85:8-13, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:14-29. (A) THE SONG OF THE ASCENSION. Psalm 24:1-10. David, the sweet Psalmist of Israel (2 Samuel 23:1) takes us on a journey from the Cross in Psalm 22, under the guidance of the Shepherd’s Crook in Psalm 23, to the ...read more
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21. B Proper 11 (Complete).
Contributed on Jul 11, 2021
8th Sunday after Pentecost. July 18th, 2021.
2 Samuel 7:1-14, Psalm 89:20-37, Jeremiah 23:1-6, Psalm 23:1-6, Ephesians 2:11-22, Mark 6:30-34, Mark 6:53-56. (A) HIS PLANS NOT OUR PLANS. 2 Samuel 7:1-14. There are three main thrusts in our reading in 2 Samuel today: 1. There is a subtle difference between a good idea and God’s will (2 ...read more
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22. 9th Sunday After Pentecost. July 25th, 2021.
Contributed on Jul 18, 2021
B Proper 12, 2021.
Psalm 14:1-7, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Psalm 145:10-18, Ephesians 3:14-21, John 6:1-21. (A) UNBELIEVING BEHAVIOUR AND THE GRACE OF GOD. Psalm 14:1-7. The first verse of this Psalm is well known as an argument against those who deny the very existence of God (Psalm 14:1). I am sure I have heard it ...read more
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23. B Proper 13 (Complete).
Contributed on Jul 25, 2021
10th Sunday after Pentecost. August 1st, 2021.
2 Samuel 11:26-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-13, Psalm 51:1-12, Exodus 16:2-4, Exodus 16:9-15, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians 4:1-16, John 6:24-35. (A) AMAZING GRACE FOR BACKSLIDING BELIEVERS. 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13. It is not my purpose at this time to go into all the sordid details of David’s sin with ...read more
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24. B Proper 14 (Complete).
Contributed on Aug 1, 2021
11th Sunday after Pentecost. August 8th, 2021.
2 Samuel 18:5-9, 2 Samuel 18:15, 2 Samuel 18:31-33, Psalm 130:1-8, 1 Kings 19:4-8, Psalm 34:1-8, Ephesians 4:25-32, Ephesians 5:1-2, John 6:35, John 6:41-51. (A) WOULD GOD I HAD DIED FOR THEE. 2 Samuel 18:5-9; 2 Samuel 18:15; 2 Samuel 18:31-33. When I was still on the threshold between ...read more
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25. B Proper 15 (Complete).
Contributed on Aug 8, 2021
12th Sunday after Pentecost. August 15th, 2021.
1 Kings 2:10-12, 1 Kings 3:13-14, Psalm 111:1-10, Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:5-15, John 6:51-58. (A) ASK WHAT I SHALL GIVE THEE. 1 Kings 2:10-12; 1 Kings 3:3-14. After his sordid affair with Bathsheba - and his engineering of her husband’s murder - David had taken Bathsheba ...read more
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26. B Proper 16 (Complete).
Contributed on Aug 15, 2021
13th Sunday after Pentecost. August 22nd, 2021.
1 Kings 8:1, 1 Kings 8:6, 1 Kings 8:10-11, 1 Kings 8:22-30, 1 Kings 8:41-43, Psalm 84:1-12, Joshua 24:1-2, Joshua 24:14-18, Psalm 34:15-22, Ephesians 6:10-20, John 6:56-69. (A) THAT ALL PEOPLE MAY KNOW THY NAME. 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Kings 8:6; 1 Kings 8:10-11; 1 Kings 8:22-30; 1 Kings 8:41-43. ...read more
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27. B Proper 17 (Complete).
Contributed on Aug 24, 2021
14th Sunday After Pentecost. August 29th, 2021.
Song of Solomon 2:8-13, Psalm 45:1-2, Psalm 45:6-9, Deuteronomy 4:1-2, Deuteronomy 4:6-9, Psalm 15:1-5, James 1:17-27, Mark 7:1-8, Mark 7:14-15, Mark 7:21-23. (A). THE SPRINGTIME OF MY LOVE. Song of Songs 2:8-13. The date and time of your next meeting is set: outside the Department store ...read more
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28. B Proper 18 (Complete).
Contributed on Aug 29, 2021
15th Sunday after Pentecost. September 5th, 2021.
Proverbs 22:1-2, Proverbs 22:8-9, Proverbs 22:22-23, Psalm 125, Isaiah 35:4-7, Psalm 146, James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37. A). THE CORRECT TREATMENT OF THE POOR. Proverbs 22:1-2, Proverbs 22:8-9, Proverbs 22:22-23. We have here three pairs of poetic couplets about attitudes to the poor. It is ...read more
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29. B Proper 19 (Complete).
Contributed on Sep 5, 2021
16th Sunday after Pentecost. September 12th, 2021.
Proverbs 1:20-33, Psalm 19, Isaiah 50:4-9, Psalm 116:1-9, James 3:1-12, Mark 8:27-38. A). THE ALLURE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:20-33. One day I was out shopping on one of the pedestrianised streets of Norwich, England, when a sudden commotion stopped me in my tracks. The City Crier’s vigorous ...read more
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30. B Proper 20 (Complete).
Contributed on Sep 14, 2021
17th Sunday after Pentecost. September 19th, 2021.
Proverbs 31:10-31, Psalm 1, Jeremiah 11:18-20, Psalm 54, James 3:13-4:3, James 4:7-8, Mark 9:30-37. A). A FINAL PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM. Proverbs 31:10-31. The book of Proverbs closes with an acrostic poem which commends the virtues of a certain (literally) “strong woman” (Proverbs 31:10). ...read more