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Genesis 1:1-2:4a Sermon Commentary
Trinity Sunday A
Science has long been fascinated with both the cosmic beginning and its ending. Both involve a certain amount of speculation, though at least with the universe’s beginning there is real evidence to look at. But since the end has not yet come, there is no data to examine, and so theory and speculation are all…
Matthew 28:16-20 Sermon Commentary
Trinity Sunday A
As we begin Ordinary time with Trinity Sunday, we are reminded by Jesus’s closing words of God’s great promise and God’s great calling (or commission) for those who follow him. We know these words quite well; they have driven missions movements, been used in countless baptism liturgies, and closed many conferences, worship services and meetings….
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Sermon Commentary
Trinity Sunday A
The Revised Common Lectionary invites those who follow it to observe the first Sunday after Pentecost as Trinity Sunday. So we’re not surprised that the RCL chooses part of 2 Corinthians 13 as its Epistolary Lesson. Paul’s second letter to Corinth’s Christians ends, after all, with what we sometimes call a “Trinitarian Formula.” However, there…
Psalm 8 Sermon Commentary
Trinity Sunday A
There is a sense in which Psalm 8 comes down to just one question asked of God by the psalmist: How in the world are you even able to see us at all? Dwarfed by and mystified by the expanse of a starry sky on a cloudless night and long before there was such a…
Commentary posted on May 30, 2023
Trinity Sunday A Sermon Commentary
The Trinity Sunday A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Matthew 28:16-20 from the Lectionary Gospel; Genesis 1:1 – 2:4 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 8 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 2 Corinthians 13:11-13(14) from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 23 (Lord’s Day 7)