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John 15:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5B
Do you prefer to translate Jesus’s oft-repeated menō as “remain” or “abide”? Remain surely carries the tone of a command, but Jesus also uses the word descriptively, relating a mutual being together. Maybe it’s just me, but when I hear Jesus say, “Remain in me…” I picture him simultaneously reaching out his arm and gently…
Psalm 22:25-31 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5B
No, it’s not your imagination: the Year B Revised Common Lectionary has put Psalm 22 in front of us now three times in calendar year 2024. Almost this exact same lection was the reading for the Second Sunday in Lent and the entire Psalm was assigned for Good Friday. Now here it is again as…
1 John 4:7-21 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5B
The New Testament uses some form of the Greek word agape (“love”) more than 140 times to describe both God and humans’ actions. But in few places does the Spirit inspire its writers to link God’s love to God’s people’s love more closely than in this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson. God’s dearly beloved people can hardly…
Acts 8:26-40 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5B
This section of Acts is filled with characters who challenge and expand our notion of belonging, the church and how Jesus saves. So what do we know about the man in this morning’s text? We know he was important enough to God that the Spirit sent Philip literally chasing his through the desert. We know…
Commentary posted on April 22, 2024
Easter 5B Sermon Commentary
The Easter 5B Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for John 15:1-8 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 8:26-40 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 22: 25-31 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 John 4:7-21 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 91 (Lord’s Day 33)