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Isaiah 25:6-9 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day B
I wonder if there are many preachers who will choose to take the Old Testament Lection as their primary text on Easter Sunday morning? It seems to me that the greater gift and opportunity presented by this text is the way that it sings harmony on the song of resurrection. So I will offer my…
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day B
When I was a teenager, members of our church’s youth group would play a variety of games together. Among them was “Telephone.” In it a group of people sit in a circle as a message is verbally passed from person. Among the most humorous parts of the game is the way that message almost inevitably…
Psalm 114 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day B
The Lectionary assigned parts of Psalm 118 for both Palm/Passion Sunday and Easter and since the March 24 sermon commentary here on the CEP website was on Psalm 118, I will direct you to look that up in our Sermon Commentary Library. But for this commentary we will take the psalm for Year B Easter…
Mark 16:1-8 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day B
Mark’s Easter story is a shocker. Even though it’s the earliest written of the gospel accounts, it has the least amount of details and Jesus himself is merely talked about in the passage. And once you’ve become accustomed to the John’s intimate garden encounter between Mary and Jesus or the women’s quick obedience in Matthew…
Commentary posted on March 31, 2024
Easter Day B Sermon Commentary
The Easter Day Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for Mark 16:1-8 from the Lectionary Gospel; Isaiah 25:6-9 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 114 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 2 (Lord’s Day 1)