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John 20:19-31 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
Sample Sermon: All Locked Up This week’s gospel commentary is a written sermon that I preached at Calvin CRC: https://cepreaching.org/written-sermons/all-locked-up/
Psalm 150 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
Whether it’s a Broadway play like Les Miserables or a classic movie like The Sound of Music, most people enjoy a good musical. But have you ever wondered what it is about such productions that appeals to us? After all, musicals are decidedly unlike real life. In The Sound of Music people burst into song…
Revelation 1:4-8 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
With this week’s Epistolary lesson the RCL takes another step back into the muddy waters that are the book of Revelation. In fact, on this second Sunday of Easter, the RCL returns us to the Revelation 1:4-8 we just visited on the last Sunday of Year B. On this Sunday, then, we take a kind…
Acts 5:27-32 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
To my great surprise and delight, the RCL moves to the book of Acts on this Second Sunday of Eastertide and stays there until Pentecost. Clearly the intent is to follow the trajectory of Easter. What happened to the church and the world after Jesus rose from the dead? Did that single historical act have…
Commentary posted on April 22, 2019
Easter 2C Sermon Commentary
The Easter 2C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 20:19-31 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 5:27-32 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 150 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Revelation 1:4-8 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 22 (Lord’s Day 7)