The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sunday's Texts

by Van Harn, Roger E.

• ISBN13: 9780802849946
• ISBN10: 0802849946
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Preachers know how quickly Sundays come and go. The fast pace of church life collides with the resolve to ground sermons in careful biblical exegesis. The Lectionary Commentary will not slow the pace of the weekly calendar, but it will help assure that sermon preparation begins with a solid engagement with Scripture.

The three-volume Lectionary Commentary gathers exegetical essays on 495 biblical texts from the Revised Common Lectionary spanning the three-year liturgical cycle. Seventy-eight pastors, priests, and teachers from a variety of Christian traditions have contributed exegetical insights on the First, Second, and Gospel lections for the Sundays of the church year and for Christmas Day, Epiphany, and Ascension Day. Guided by the question What does the preacher need to know about this text in order to preach a faithful sermon from it?, each essay closely considers its specific biblical text and provides theological reflection, all the while remaining alert to today's context.

Preachers who follow the Revised Common Lectionary will find these volumes

Table of Contents

Preface	xviii
Acts 8:14-17	1	(2)
Year C First Sunday after the Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)
Acts 10:34-43	3	(4)
Year A First Sunday after the Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)
Acts 19:1-7	7	(3)
Year B First Sunday after the Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)
Romans 1:1-7	10	(4)
Year A Fourth Sunday of Advent
Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28, (29-31)	14	(3)
Year A Ninth Sunday after the Epiphany
Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28, (29-31)	17	(4)
Year A Second Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17	21	(4)
Year A Second Sunday in Lent
Romans 4:13-25	25	(3)
Year A Third Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 4:13-25	28	(5)
Year B Second Sunday in Lent
Romans 5:1-5	33	(3)
Year C Trinity Sunday
Romans 5:1-8	36	(5)
Year A Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 5:1-11	41	(4)
Year A Third Sunday in Lent
Romans 5:12-19	45	(6)
Year A First Sunday in Lent
Romans 6:1b-11	51	(5)
Year A Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 6:12-23	56	(5)
Year A Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 7:15-25a	61	(5)
Year A Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 8:1-11	66	(5)
Year A Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 8:6-11	71	(5)
Year A Fifth Sunday in Lent
Romans 8:12-17	76	(5)
Year B Trinity Sunday
Romans 8:12-25	81	(5)
Year A Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 8:14-17	86	(5)
Year C Day of Pentecost
Romans 8:22-27	91	(3)
Year B Day of Pentecost
Romans 8:26-39	94	(6)
Year A Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 9:1-5	100	(4)
Year A Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 10:5-15	104	(5)
Year A Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 10:8b-13	109	(4)
Year C First Sunday in Lent
Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32	113	(4)
Year A Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 12:1-8	117	(3)
Year A Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 12:9-21	120	(4)
Year A Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 13:8-14	124	(4)
Year A Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 13:11-14	128	(3)
Year A First Sunday of Advent
Romans 14:1-12	131	(6)
Year A Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Romans 15:4-13	137	(5)
Year A Second Sunday of Advent
Romans 16:25-27	142	(4)
Year B Fourth Sunday of Advent
1 Corinthians 1:1-9	146	(4)
Year A Second Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 1:3-9	150	(4)
Year B First Sunday of Advent
1 Corinthians 1:10-18	154	(4)
Year A Third Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 1:18-25	158	(4)
Year B Third Sunday in Lent
1 Corinthians 1:18-31	162	(4)
Year A Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 2:1-12, (13-16)	166	(4)
Year A Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 3:1-9	170	(3)
Year A Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23	173	(3)
Year A Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 4:1-5	176	(4)
Year A Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 6:12-20	180	(4)
Year B Second Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 7:29-31	184	(3)
Year B Third Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 8:1-13	187	(4)
Year B Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 9:16-23	191	(3)
Year B Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 9:24-27	194	(3)
Year B Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 10:1-13	197	(3)
Year C Third Sunday in Lent
1 Corinthians 12:1-11	200	(4)
Year C Second Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13	204	(3)
Year A Day of Pentecost
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a	207	(4)
Year C Third Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 13:1-13	211	(3)
Year C Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 15:1-11	214	(1)
Year B Resurrection of the Lord
1 Corinthians 15:1-11	214	(4)
Year C Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 15:12-20	218	(3)
Year C Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 15:19-26	221	(4)
Year C Resurrection of the Lord
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50	225	(3)
Year C Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Corinthians 15:51-58	228	(4)
Year C Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
2 Corinthians 1:18-22	232	(4)
Year B Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
2 Corinthians 3:1-6	236	(4)
Year B Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2	240	(3)
Year C Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Transfiguration)
2 Corinthians 4:3-6	243	(4)
Year B Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Transfiguration)
2 Corinthians 4:5-12	247	(1)
Year B Second Sunday after Pentecost
2 Corinthians 4:5-12	247	(3)
Year B Ninth Sunday after the Epiphany
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1	250	(3)
Year B Third Sunday after Pentecost
2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17	253	(4)
Year B Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Corinthians 5:16-21	257	(4)
Year C Fourth Sunday in Lent
2 Corinthians 6:1-13	261	(3)
Year B Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Corinthians 8:7-15	264	(4)
Year B Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Corinthians 12:2-10	268	(3)
Year B Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
2 Corinthians 13:11-13	271	(5)
Year A Trinity Sunday
Galatians 1:1-12	276	(1)
Year C Second Sunday after Pentecost
Galatians 1:1-12	276	(4)
Year C Ninth Sunday after the Epiphany
Galatians 1:11-24	280	(3)
Year C Third Sunday after Pentecost
Galatians 2:15-21	283	(4)
Year C Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Galatians 3:23-29	287	(4)
Year C Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Galatians 4:4-7	291	(4)
Year B First Sunday after Christmas
Galatians 5:1, 13-25	295	(4)
Year C Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16	299	(4)
Year C Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 1:3-14	303	(1)
Years A, B, C Second Sunday after Christmas
Ephesians 1:3-14	303	(4)
Year B Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 1:15-23	307	(1)
Year A Christ the King
Ephesians 1:15-23	307	(3)
Years A, B, C Ascension Sunday
Ephesians 2:1-10	310	(4)
Year B Fourth Sunday in Lent
Ephesians 2:11-22	314	(4)
Year B Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 3:1-12	318	(4)
Years A, B, C Epiphany of the Lord
Ephesians 3:14-21	322	(3)
Year B Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 4:1-16	325	(4)
Year B Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 4:25-5:2	329	(4)
Year B Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 5:8-14	333	(3)
Year A Fourth Sunday in Lent
Ephesians 5:15-20	336	(4)
Year B Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 6:10-20	340	(4)
Year B Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Philippians 1:3-11	344	(3)
Year C Second Sunday of Advent
Philippians 1:21-30	347	(3)
Year A Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Philippians 2:1-13	350	(5)
Year A Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Philippians 2:5-11	355	(3)
Years A, B, C Palm/Passion Sunday
Philippians 3:4b-14	358	(1)
Year A Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Philippians 3:4b-14	358	(4)
Year C Fifth Sunday in Lent
Philippians 3:17-4:1	362	(3)
Year C Second Sunday in Lent
Philippians 4:1-9	365	(4)
Year A Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Philippians 4:4-7	369	(3)
Year C Third Sunday of Advent
Colossians 1:1-14	372	(3)
Year C Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Colossians 1:11-20	375	(3)
Year C Christ the King
Colossians 1:15-28	378	(4)
Year C Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19)	382	(3)
Year C Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Colossians 3:1-4	385	(4)
Year A Resurrection of the Lord
Colossians 3:1-11	389	(3)
Year C Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Colossians 3:12-17	392	(3)
Year C First Sunday after Christmas
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10	395	(3)
Year A Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8	398	(4)
Year A Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13	402	(4)
Year A Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13	406	(4)
Year C First Sunday of Advent
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18	410	(3)
Year A Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11	413	(3)
Year A Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24	416	(4)
Year B Third Sunday of Advent
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12	420	(3)
Year C Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17	423	(3)
Year C Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13	426	(3)
Year C Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Timothy 1:12-17	429	(4)
Year C Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Timothy 2:1-7	433	(5)
Year C Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Timothy 6:6-19	438	(3)
Year C Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Timothy 1:1-14	441	(4)
Year C Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Timothy 2:8-15	445	(5)
Year C Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5	450	(3)
Year C Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18	453	(3)
Year C Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Titus 2:11-14	456	(4)
Years A, B, C Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day)
Titus 3:4-7	460	(3)
Years A, B, C Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day)
Philemon 1-21	463	(5)
Year C Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12)	468	(4)
Years A, B, C Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day)
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12	472	(3)
Year B Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 2:10-18	475	(3)
Year A First Sunday after Christmas
Hebrews 4:12-16	478	(3)
Year B Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 5:1-10	481	(4)
Year B Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 5:5-10	485	(3)
Year B Fifth Sunday in Lent
Hebrews 7:23-28	488	(4)
Year B Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 9:11-14	492	(4)
Year B Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 9:24-28	496	(3)
Year B Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 10:5-10	499	(3)
Year C Fourth Sunday of Advent
Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25	502	(4)
Year B Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16	506	(4)
Year C Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 11:29-12:2	510	(4)
Year C Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 12:18-29	514	(4)
Year C Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16	518	(4)
Year C Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
James 1:17-27	522	(3)
Year B Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17	525	(4)
Year B Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
James 3:1-12	529	(3)
Year B Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a	532	(3)
Year B Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
James 5:7-10	535	(4)
Year A Third Sunday of Advent
James 5:13-20	539	(3)
Year B Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Peter 1:3-9	542	(5)
Year A Second Sunday of Easter
1 Peter 1:17-23	547	(3)
Year A Third Sunday of Easter
1 Peter 2:2-10	550	(4)
Year A Fifth Sunday of Easter
1 Peter 2:19-25	554	(4)
Year A Fourth Sunday of Easter
1 Peter 3:13-22	558	(4)
Year A Sixth Sunday of Easter
1 Peter 3:18-22	562	(4)
Year B First Sunday in Lent
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11	566	(4)
Year A Seventh Sunday of Easter
2 Peter 1:16-21	570	(4)
Year A Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Transfiguration)
2 Peter 3:8-15a	574	(3)
Year B Second Sunday of Advent
1 John 1:1-2:2	577	(6)
Year B Second Sunday of Easter
1 John 3:1-7	583	(3)
Year B Third Sunday of Easter
1 John 3:16-24	586	(4)
Year B Fourth Sunday of Easter
1 John 4:7-21	590	(3)
Year B Fifth Sunday of Easter
1 John 5:1-6	593	(4)
Year B Sixth Sunday of Easter
1 John 5:9-13	597	(2)
Year B Seventh Sunday of Easter
Revelation 1:4b-8	599	(1)
Year B Christ the King
Revelation 1:4-8	599	(4)
Year C Second Sunday of Easter
Revelation 5:11-14	603	(3)
Year C Third Sunday of Easter
Revelation 7:9-17	606	(4)
Year C Fourth Sunday of Easter
Revelation 21:1-6	610	(3)
Year C Fifth Sunday of Easter
Revelation 21:10; 21:22-22:5	613	(3)
Year C Sixth Sunday of Easter
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21	616	(5)
Year C Seventh Sunday of Easter
Preaching from the Letters	621	(6)
Colin Gunton
Contributors	627	(4)
Index of Authors	631	(3)
Index of Readings for Years A, B, and C	634