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Luke 24:36-48 Sermon Commentary
Easter 3B
The end of Luke’s Gospel sums it all up pretty well. In swift strokes of Luke’s quill, we move from Easter Sunday evening directly to the Ascension of Jesus (just beyond the bounds of this lection). We learn from Luke’s other New Testament contribution, Acts, that Jesus lingered in physical form for a good forty…
Psalm 4 Sermon Commentary
Easter 3B
It is easier so see in some Psalms more than others but many of the Psalms were written for two or sometimes three voices. Psalm 4 is clearly to be understood as having two speakers (at least two): the psalmist and Yahweh, the God of Israel. It’s pretty obvious that the psalmist is speaking in…
1 John 3:1-7 Sermon Commentary
Easter 3B
It keeps coming up like a bad burp. So much of 1 John is lyric. Few passages talk better about the meaning of love than ones you can find in John’s first epistle. The opening verses of this third chapter likewise are simply gorgeous, waxing eloquent on the love lavished on us by God our…
Acts 3:12-19 Sermon Commentary
Easter 3B
This is the second major sermon in the early church. Like the first one, it was occasioned by a miraculous event, in this case the healing of a beggar who had been crippled since birth. “While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in…
Commentary posted on April 12, 2021
Easter 3B Sermon Commentary
The Easter 3B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for Luke 24:36-48 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 3:12-19 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 4 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 John 3:1-7 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Old Testament Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 47 (Lord’s Day 18)