by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Sep 21, 2023 | Advent, Essentials-Sermons
Advent 2020: Tear Down the Heavens December 10 | 2nd sunday of advent |Year B Comfort my People Updated & expanded for 2023 Isaiah 40:1-11 | Psalm 85:1-2,8-13 | 2 Peter 3:8-15a| Mark 1:1-8 Featured: AIM commentary Call to worship Prayer of confession Assurance of...
by wpbuffs | Sep 8, 2021 | Essentials-Sermons
Isaiah 40:1-11 Summary of the Text Ancient Lens: What can we learn from the historical context?  While crises seem innumerable in the OT, none could compare to the crisis of exile. Babylon, in 587 BC, destroys the city of Jerusalem and the temple, and carries many of...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Oct 12, 2020 | Essentials-Sermons
Second Sunday of Advent: Year B Lectionary Texts Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 Highlighted Text: Isaiah 40:1-11 AIM Method In the following commentary, we examine the lectionary text through three lenses: the ancient, Ἰησοῦς=Jesus, and...
