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Acts 11:1-18 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
Luke is hands-down one of the best writers ever used by the Holy Spirit to compose a portion of Scripture. His narratives in the first two chapters of his Gospel alone prove as much. Other examples of narrative wizardry abound in Luke and Acts. So it is a bit odd in Acts 11 to encounter…
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…
John 13:31-35 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
God glories in every act of love. We know this already about God’s own acts, but we might forget how it applies to our acts of love as well. The opening of the lectionary passage immediately follows the reveal of Judas—who is entered by Satan—as Jesus’ betrayer (it’s Judas who is referred to as leaving…
Revelation 21:1-6 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5C
While we sometimes say, “The devil is in the details,” we might say part of this Sunday’s Epistolary Lesson’s “gospel is in the details.” After all, some of Revelation 21’s greatest news lies in its verb tenses. In it, the Spirit inspires John to see “a new heaven and a new earth” (1). This is,…
Commentary posted on May 9, 2022
Easter 5C Sermon Commentary
The Easter 5C Sermon Commentaries include reflection 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