Sermon Commentary Library

Our weekly sermon commentaries are Lectionary-based, which across its three-year cycle, encompass a vast array of biblical texts. Filter the Sermon Commentary Library to search Scripture texts by book and chapter to find commentary, illustrations, and reflections to spark ideas.

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Matthew 28:16-20 Sermon Commentary

Trinity Sunday A

As we begin Ordinary time with Trinity Sunday, we are reminded by Jesus’s closing words of God’s great promise and God’s great calling (or commission) for those who follow him. We know these words quite well; they have driven missions movements, been used in countless baptism liturgies, and closed many conferences, worship services and meetings….

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Matthew 28:16-20 Sermon Commentary

Trinity Sunday A

Worship and Doubt.  Apparently they have been together from the beginning. As Rev. Leonard Vander Zee pointed out one time in a sermon, the Bible is eminently realistic about such things.  Matthew did not sugarcoat this for us, did not try to place shining halos behind each disciple’s head as they all stood on this…

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Matthew 28:16-20 Sermon Commentary

Trinity Sunday A

Worship and Doubt.  Apparently they have been together from the beginning. As Rev. Leonard Vander Zee pointed out one time in a sermon, the Bible is eminently realistic about such things.   Matthew did not sugarcoat this for us, did not try to place shining halos behind each disciple’s head as they all stood on this…

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Matthew 28:1-10 Sermon Commentary

Easter Day A

We are accustomed to associating Easter Sunday with travel.  What we are perhaps not accustomed to realize is that the Easter story involves travel, too.  Today we don’t mind traveling in order to see loved ones, including on holidays like Christmas or Easter.  Some of us routinely pack up our cars and hit the highway…

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