Psalm 114 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day C
Last week our Psalm commentary was on Psalm 118, one of the options for Palm/Passion Sunday. This week the Year C Easter Psalm is 118, the only option. So for this commentary we will take up Psalm 114, which is the Psalm assigned for Easter evening. Psalm 114 is in its own way a somewhat…
Luke 24:1-12 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day C
The resurrection of Jesus Christ represents as much as—if not more so—a turning point in the life of his disciples than any other point in their journeys. The same is true for us. Yes, it was a big deal for the twelve to be called to be his disciples, plucked out of their everyday tasks…
Acts 10:34-43 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day C
A lot happens preceding Peter’s conclusion voiced in verses 34-43. Beginning in verse 9 of Acts chapter 10, we are told the incredible story of an afternoon siesta on the roof. Peter dreams of a great white sheet being lowered from heaven. It descends until Peter is at last able to peer over its hem. …
1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Sermon Commentary
Easter Day C
It’s a juxtaposition I’ll not forget as long as I have any memory. God graciously but quite suddenly brought my dad from life through death to Life on Easter Sunday, 2021. He died, as we reported in his obituary, “in the sure hope of the resurrection.” My dad’s death was for Jesus’ followers who loved…
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
The Year C Lectionary—like all three Lectionary cycles—gives us two options for this final Sunday in Lent. We can focus on the Liturgy of the Palms to celebrate Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem or we can make it Passion Sunday / Liturgy of the Passion and focus more on the upcoming crucifixion and death of Jesus…
Philippians 2:5-11 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
The most recent New International Version of the Bible offers a slight twist on this Sunday’s famous Epistolary Lesson. After all, while the 1985 edition of the NIV rendered Philippians 2:5 as, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus,” a more recent translation reads, “In your relationships with one another, have…
Isaiah 50:4-9a Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
As we enter into Holy Week, the Lectionary offers us two paths, a choose-your-own-adventure of sorts. We can preach the palms or the passion. However, I note that, outside the psalms, there is only one Hebrew Scripture text and that belongs to the passion. Woke Although Lent is a season of fasting, in many ways…
Luke 19:28-40 Sermon Commentary
Palm Sunday C
King Jesus has come. Palm Sunday makes the first explicit connection to Jesus’s kingship in the Gospel of Luke, but it’s a truth that’s been woven into the very fabric of his existence. From the prophets of old to the heavenly hosts at his birth, through the details of his entry into Jerusalem, Jesus is…
Isaiah 43:16-21 Sermon Commentary
Lent 5C
But you just said.. This week’s lectionary in Hebrew Scripture is replete with images and metaphors from the history of God’s people. A path through the sea recalls the people’s journey through the Red Sea, away from enslavement into the hope of the Promised Land. The destruction of the chariots and horses recalls that the…
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