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John 10:1-10 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4A
Sometimes your need for a Shepherd hits home. Like during a global pandemic. I don’t know about you, but I spent the first 9 weeks of this year in one of the busiest stretches of my life. And when you run from day to day, from event to event, meeting to meeting, class to class,…
Psalm 23 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4A
It’s not quite true but sometimes it feels like Psalm 23 pops up in the Lectionary every couple weeks. In fact, this psalm really was assigned just a few weeks ago for March 22 during Lent. Psalm 23 pops up at least once—and usually twice—inside any given calendar year in Years A, B, and C…
1 Peter 2:19-25 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4A
Many members of the American civil rights movement embraced Peter’s commendation of Christians who put up with unjust suffering’s pain. In fact, that movement produced a treasure trove of photos of people bearing up under such misery. One could fill books with pictures of people kneeling in non-violent resistance to beatings and submitting to attacks…
Acts 2:42-47 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4A
We are in our fourth Sunday of reflections on Easter, using the book of Acts as our guide. We began on Easter in Acts 10, where we saw the world-changing significance of Christ’s Resurrection in Peter’s startling realization that God includes people from every nation in his covenantal embrace. Then we backed up to Peter’s…
Commentary posted on April 27, 2020
Easter 4A Sermon Commentary
The Easter 4A Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 10:1-10 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 2:42-47 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 23 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Peter 2:19-25 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: OT Lectionary: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 123 (Lord’s Day 48)