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Acts 5:27-32 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
Note:Reviewing old sermon notes, I realized I last preached this text for my congregation in Washington DC in 2019. Thereis a lot of contextualization having to do with Christians working as civil servants for the United States federal government. I am going to leave that in place since, six years later, it sadly seems all…
Psalm 150 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
Psalm 150 is the giant exclamation mark that closes out the Book of Psalms. In six swift and short verses the psalmist looks back on the previous 149 songs in the Hebrew Psalter and then as much as says, “Here’s what this whole book has been saying all along.” The psalms—each of them and all…
Revelation 1:4-8 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
It sometimes seems as if 21st century North American culture has largely omitted formal greetings from its communications. At least some of us have replaced, “Dear Joan (or John),” with something like “Hey.” In fact, in the case of emails, we often skip greetings altogether and simply hurry to what we wish to communicate. I…
John 20:19-31 Sermon Commentary
Easter 2C
Suffering is the feeling, the fear, the bedrock that fills the space of the story without really ever being its focus. Even when Thomas is touching the wounds in Jesus’s side and hands, suffering is the note played, but not the song sung. Being held captive by fear is most definitely a kind of suffering….
Commentary posted on April 21, 2025
Easter 2C Sermon Commentary
The Easter 2C Sermon Commentaries include reflection 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 1:4b-8 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 22 (Lord’s Day 7)