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Easter 6A Sermon Commentary

 

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John 14:15-21 Sermon Commentary

Easter 6A

It’s relatively easy for us these days to read a passage like John 14 and to read it with a sense of detachment.  Jesus packs a lot of theology into these discourses across John 13-17 and it can be a little tough sledding to get through it all.   Thus, it is tempting to be a…

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Psalm 66:8-20 Sermon Commentary

Easter 6A

On this Sixth Sunday of the Easter season, Easter is frankly fading from our minds.  The trumpets are stored away, the lilies have long been consigned to the trash, and we’re moving on to Ascension Day and Pentecost.  So it’s a good thing to preach on Psalm 66 today, because it reminds us that every…

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1 Peter 3:13-22 Sermon Commentary

Easter 6A

Back in the 19th century the Know-Nothing political party came into existence at least partly to demand that the government curb what many American Protestants perceived at the time to be an alarming increase in Roman Catholic immigration to this country. And fifty-seven years ago Senator John F. Kennedy had to appear before a convention…

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Acts 17:22-31 Sermon Commentary

Easter 6A

How do Acts 17’s preachers, teachers and those who listen to us share our faith with those who know little or nothing about what it means to be a Christian?  How do God’s adopted sons and daughters speak the gospel to people for whom words like “grace” and even “sin” may sound like so much…

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