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John 10:22-30 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4C
For the last 12 or so years, few names in the world have been more famous than that of Barack Obama. Not so long ago, however, that was not the case. Indeed, not so very long ago almost no one had ever heard of Obama. A scant four years before he managed to get nominated…
Psalm 23 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4C
Presidential funerals always draw a huge television audience. We saw that recently with the funeral services for George H.W. Bush. We have seen it for Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon. But when you watch such services, you need not have the funeral program in your hands to guess that probably at some point…
Revelation 7:9-17 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4C
“Is this heaven?” isn’t just a question an Iowa farmer poses in the movie, Field of Dreams. Readers, preachers and teachers of Revelation 7:9-17 might ask the same question of it. Does its John describe the heavenly realm as God currently configures it? Or is he describing the new earth and heaven that Jesus will…
Acts 9:36-43 Sermon Commentary
Easter 4C
Reading Dr. Luke’s account of the growth of the early church is a bit like watching a frog hop from lily pad to lily pad—from Jerusalem to the Gaza Strip to Samaria to Damascus to Joppa, from Peter and John to Philip to Stephen to Paul and now back to Peter. OK, maybe the image…
Commentary posted on May 6, 2019
Easter 4C Sermon Commentary
The Easter 4C Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 10:22-30 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 9:36-43 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 23 from the Lectionary Psalms; and Revelation 7:9-17 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Gospel: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 51 (Lord’s Day 19)