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Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7A
Regular readers of my commentaries here on the CEP website know that I generally frown upon the Lectionary’s tendency to delete certain portions of passages. Usually the stuff the RCL skips over pertains to judgment and the like but since we cannot get a fully rounded picture of God’s views toward sin and evil without…
John 17:1-11 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7A
Jesus speaks the heart of the Trinity out loud in prayer for the disciples to hear. He speaks in the third person about himself at the beginning, but very quickly moves more passionately, intimately, and emphatically into the first person. This only deepens the significance of the words’ revelation about the heart of God. And…
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7A
It can be tempting to reduce discipleship to a kind of spiritual formula. “If we just do this and that good thing,” Jesus’ friends sometimes seem to assume, “then God will do that good thing.” This, however, reverses the biblical equation. More often, because God does this good thing, the Spirit equips us to do…
Acts 1:6-14 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7A
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday After the miracle of Christ’s ascension, it took a little while for folks to move on. A bit like Peter who wanted to build shelters on the Mount of Transfiguration, now the apostles’ feet are frozen on the Mount of Olives. So much so, that it took…
Commentary posted on May 11, 2026
Easter 7A Sermon Commentary
The Easter 7A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for John 17:1-11 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 1: 6-14 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 61 (Lord’s Day 23)