Lectionary Sermons for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Year C (August 7, 2022) The Texts for the Sunday Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 and Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 Genesis 15:1-6 and Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 Sermons from the Texts Count the Stars (Genesis 15:1-6) The Promise of Children (Genesis 15:1-6) God is Closer than […]

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity, 2 Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised. 3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath […]

To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.’ — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders, 2 I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High. 3 In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face. 4 For […]

To the Overseer, `On the Gittith.’ A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens. 2 From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger. 3 For I see […]

`The Erring One,’ by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me. 2 Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer. 3 O Jehovah, my God, […]