Acts 2:2-21
Pentecost B
[…] 1 left. “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.” What place was that? The Upper Room where they went after the Ascension of Jesus (1:13)? The precincts of the Temple, where they had a ready-made congregation for the first Christian sermon? Wherever they were, they were a holy […]
Heidelberg Catechism
Home » You searched for ascension day » Page 6 Lord’s Day 1 Expand What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I am not my own, but belong- body and soul, in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins […]
Acts 7:55-60
Easter 5A
[…] of hostile opposition. That would be a legitimate application of the text, but it is really about “first’s:” the first appearance of the Risen Christ after his ascension; the first message preached by a non-apostle; the first martyrdom; the first time the church was forced out of Jerusalem. Other firsts followed, like the first […]
Psalm 29
Trinity Sunday B
[…] their Lord, not for what he has done in nature, but for what he has done by grace in history. In the birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, we Christians have seen and heard something much more awesome than a storm. And we should cry, “Glory!” It is fascinating that the […]
Romans 8:12-17
Trinity Sunday B
[…] imagine that “Trinity Sunday” may be the most under-celebrated day on the liturgical calendar. It goes without saying that it cannot compete with Christmas or Easter. Even Ascension Day and Pentecost have a hard time generating anywhere near the liturgical wattage of those two big celebrations. Epiphany might get a little more attention since you […]
Romans 8:12-17
Trinity Sunday B
[…] imagine that “Trinity Sunday” may be the most under-celebrated day on the liturgical calendar. It goes without saying that it cannot compete with Christmas or Easter. Even Ascension Day and Pentecost have a hard time generating anywhere near the liturgical wattage of those two big celebrations. Epiphany might get a little more attention since you […]
Hebrews 5:1-10
Lent 5B
[…] Most commentators take the declaration of Jesus Sonship to be a reference to Jesus’ baptism (cf. Matthew 3:17) or his resurrection (cf. Romans 1:4) or even his ascension/coronation (cf. Phil. 2:9-11) when he was publicly acknowledged as the Son whom the Father had begotten from all eternity. What we have here is something like […]
“Sunday Morning with the Sensational Nightingales”
[…] I am not here to describe the sound of the falsetto whine, sepulchral bass, alto and tenor fitted snugly in between; only to witness my own minor ascension that morning as they sang, so parallel, about the usual themes, the garden of suffering, the beads of blood on the forehead, the stone before the […]
Acts 10:44-48
Easter 6B
[…] coming to the end of the Lectionary’s celebration of the mighty acts of God in Christ. Ordinary Time is nearly upon us. But first we commemorate Christ’s Ascension next Sunday and Pentecost the Sunday after that. Today our focus is on what many scholars call “The Gentile Pentecost.” Our text is one of the […]
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