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John 17:6-19 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7B
“You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child.” That is a saying of my former colleague Ron Nydam. And he’s right. Worse yet, we all know that you cannot insure the happiness of your children, either. And that truth is married to another undeniable fact and that is this: the wider world in which we…
Psalm 47 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7B
This is the last Sunday of the Easter season, but I want to focus on Christ’s Ascension, which some parts of the church celebrated last Thursday. If your church did that, you can skip what follows. But if your church is among the many churches that had no special service in celebration of that Ascension,…
1 John 5:9-13 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7B
One of my kids once had an assignment for a high school religion class: they had to find at least one Bible passage in the New Testament that matched each one of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. There are probably multiple options for each of the commandments but most students—including my child—quickly settled on…
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Sermon Commentary
Easter 7B
Where besides Acts 1 does Matthias’ name appear in the Scriptures? The answer is, of course, “Nowhere.” After all, as quickly as Matthias appears in Acts 1, he disappears again. Yet while that might render him as little more than a biblical footnote, it’s one of Acts 1’s details that may be an avenue to…
Commentary posted on May 7, 2018
Easter 7B Sermon Commentary
The Easter 7B Sermon Starters include commentary and illustration ideas for John 17:6-19 from the Lectionary Gospel; Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 from the Old Testament Lectionary; Psalm 47 from the Lectionary Psalms; and 1 John 5:9-13 from the Lectionary Epistle.
Related Reformed confession: Lectionary Epistle: Heidelberg Catechism: Q&A 61 (Lord’s Day 23)