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1 Peter 1:3-9 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2A
Suffering may seem like a theme that’s incongruous with the season of Easter. Last Sunday, after all, all but the Orthodox part of Christ’s Church celebrated Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Some Christians are, what’s more, leery about talking about Jesus and Christians’ suffering at any time of the year. In the Easter season, some…
Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2A
Garry Wills once wrote a fine book titled, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. Wills claims that in the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln—in the span of a scant 272 words that took him all of three minutes to deliver—forever altered our understanding of the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln was not even the main…
John 20:19-31 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2A
What does it take to believe? Just that morning, Mary herself had told them that Jesus was resurrected, and the beloved disciple, having seen the folded-up graveclothes, believed something (though we aren’t sure what). Now, many of them are huddled together in fear, locked away from those who they believe want to do them harm….
Psalm 16 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2A
Probably we misread Psalm 16, or at least its most famous verses about how our bodies will rest secure. We have all been to our share of funerals that lift out verses 9-11 and put a resurrection spin on them. And maybe as Christians exegeting the Old Testament there is something right about that. All…
Commentary posted on April 10, 2023
Easter 2A Sermon Commentary
The Easter 2A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for John 20:19-31 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 2:14a, 22-32 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 16 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Peter 1:3-9 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 83 (Lord’s Day 31)