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Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5A
For the most part Psalm 31 sounds just one primary note across its 24 verses. So although the Lectionary has chopped it up to carve out the opening 5 verses and then 2 verses closer to the middle of the song, the main theme and imagery of the psalm are still visible. In the verses…
1 Peter 2:2-10 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5A
God uses God’s image-bearers’ race, gender, history and other things to shape who we are. Yet while those factors help form us, Jesus’ friends don’t find our central identity in them. We are first and foremost what Peter refers to in verse 10 as “the people of God [laos Theou*].” By professing that, the apostle…
Acts 7:55-60 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5A
The Lectionary text is only 5 verses long but it is in the context of one and a half chapters telling us the story of Stephen. Making connections to the five verses in the Lectionary, I will use my commentary to tell this larger story. Illustration Reformation scholar Kenneth Woo’s newly released book, Refugee Calvin,…
John 14:1-14 Sermon Commentary
Easter 5A
As I spend more time journeying with Jesus, I’m coming to realize that Thomas’s question, “How can we know the way?” could be read in any number of ways. There’s the literal reading that sounds a bit like a prayer in the fog: “Lord, we don’t see the road that you’re telling us to take,…
Commentary posted on April 27, 2026
Easter 5A Sermon Commentary
The Easter 5A Sermon Commentaries include reflection and illustration ideas for John 14:1-14 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 7:55-60 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 Peter 2:2-10 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 86 (Lord’s Day 32)