#1096: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 9, 2026
Sermon Brainwave Podcast • Post date: July 26, 2026
The team explores Peter's attempt to walk on water in Matthew 14:22-33 and discusses Jesus's compassionate rebuke, "you of little faith." They turn to Elijah's encounter with God in the sound of sheer silence in 1 Kings 19:9-18, and consider Genesis 37's story of Joseph's ornamented robe through a genderqueer lens. The hosts also unpack Psalm 85's vision of a world transformed by forgiveness and wrestle with Romans 10's most-quoted (and most misused) verses.
Associated Commentaries
First Reading
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:9-18
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28
Second Reading
Commentary on Romans 10:5-15
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