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John 13:31-35 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
If your son was in a bad car accident and spent weeks in critical condition in the hospital’s ICU with machines keeping him alive, then upon his full recovery and on the day he comes home from the hospital, wouldn’t it feel a bit odd to not celebrate his homecoming in favor of a long…
Psalm 148 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
Some years back at a worship service we used St. Francis of Assisi’s poem “Canticle of the Sun” as part of a responsive reading. There was, alas, a slight typo in the bulletin that made it sound at one point as though we were worshiping Mother Earth. This led a rather conservative member of my…
Revelation 21:1-6 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
Christ’s revelation to the apostle John includes what sometimes seems like an endless series of chilling images. Nearly all of them portray intense persecution, bloody battles and immense suffering. It’s a revelation that, if we didn’t know its “happy ending,” we might quit reading after about six or seven chapters. Some modern Christians assume that…
Acts 11:1-18 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
In this season of Easter, the Lectionary has directed our attention away from the Old Testament readings that are usually the first reading. Instead we have been following the book of Acts, which traces the new thing God did as a result of the Resurrection of Christ. That new thing was the spread of the…
Commentary posted on May 13, 2019
Easter 5C Sermon Commentary
The Easter 5C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 13:31-35 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 11:1-18 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 148 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Revelation 21:1-6 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Belgic Confession Article 37