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John 20:1-18 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day A
In a recent article on preaching in these days of COVID-19 isolation and fear, I suggested that despite the sadness we are all feeling at not being able to gather for Easter services in 2020, we don’t want to preach downer sermons. We don’t want our own disappointment at not being able to preach to…
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day A
You wouldn’t know it to look at it. Yet it’s true: a portion of Psalm 118—specifically verses 22-23—is the single most-oft quoted Old Testament text in the New Testament. Not Psalm 23. Not Psalm 100. Not some well-known story like Abraham sacrificing Isaac or David and Goliath. Nope. It’s little old Psalm 118. That has…
Colossians 3:1-4 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day A
On that glorious first Easter morning an angel shocked people by insisting that God had raised Jesus from the dead. Two thousand years later an aging apostle may no less shock Colossians 3:1-4’s proclaimers and hearers by insisting that God also raised us with Christ. After all, if it’s sometimes hard to believe that Jesus…
Acts 10:34-43 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day A
In this (Old Testament?) reading, we hear not the original story about how Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified by Roman soldiers, but a retelling of that story to a Roman soldier. If you want to emphasize the fact of the resurrection in your Easter sermon, choose the Gospel readings for your text. …
Commentary posted on April 6, 2020
Easter Day A Sermon Commentary
The Easter Day A Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 20:1-18 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 10:34-43 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Colossians 3:1-4 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 45 (Lord’s Day 17)