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Church, we are Easter people

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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2 Samuel 12:13-14 , Isaiah 1:18 , 1 John 1:8-9, Luke 18:9-14, Acts 2:38, Psalm 96:1

Pastor: Church, we are Easter people living in resurrection victory. Along with the Psalmist, we worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. We declare His glory in the midst of His people. We p...

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Celebrating Our Risen Lord Jesus

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Acts 4:1-35, 1 Peter 2:9

Pastor: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Pastor: ...

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Easter Proclamation of Faith

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Acts 2:29-40, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 1:3, Ephesians 1:18-19, Romans 6:4, Colossians 1:13-14

Pastor: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Pastor: ...

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Embracing Forgiveness and Easter Joy

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Luke 24:1–12, 1 Corinthians 15:19, Acts 10:43, Revelation 1:17-18, Acts 4:33, Colossians 3:1-4

Pastor: Even in our Easter joy, we confess before our gracious God our failings and sin. For though our voices sing out Alleluias this day, we fail to live every day as Easter people. ( S...

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Invocation for Easter

Author

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Acts 2:29-40, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 John 1:8-9

Pastor: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Pastor: ...

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Seventh Sunday of Easter

Author

Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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1 John 5:9-13, Acts 1:15-17, 21-26, John 17:6-19, Psalm 1:, Matthew 20:20-21, Matthew 16:22-23, Exodus 3:2-5

Jesus Prepares for Departure John 17 is part of a larger section of John’s gospel known as the farewell discourses (13:31-17:26), in which Jesus prepares for his imminent departure from earth after h...

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Pentecost

Author

Jeff Volkmer

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Romans 8:22-27, Acts 2:1-21, John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15, Psalm 104:24-34, 35, John 15:26-27, John 16:4-15, John 13:10, John 14:7, John 14:13-14, John 13:31-32, John 14:19-21, John 14:16, John 14:15-18, John 3:8, John 8:46, Matthew 4:8-9, Luke 4:5-6, John 14:30, John 12:31, John 6:12, Ephesians 2:2, Hebrews 12:2, John 16:12, John 14:17, John 16:14, John 16:6, John 14:6

Preaching Commentary Context The Upper Room Discourse Our Gospel reading for today takes place within what has come to be known as the “Upper Room discourse,” a stretch of Scripture unique to Jo...

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Sixth Sunday of Easter

Author

Geoff Helton

Keywords

Scripture

John 15:9-17, 1 John 5:1-6, Acts 10:44-48, John 15:9-17, Psalm 98:, John 15:1-8, John 3:16, John 13:34-35

The lectionary text for this week begins at 15:9, but as I shared last week, this text should be read as a part of a larger unit, which includes the lectionary text for last week (15:1-8). Context ...

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Fifth Sunday of Easter

Author

Geoff Helton

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John 15:1-8, 1 John 4:7-21, Acts 8:26-40, John 15:1-8, Psalm 22:25-31, John 15:9-17, Isaiah 27:2-6, Jeremiah 5:10, Jeremiah 12:10-11, Matthew 20:1-16, Matthew 21:23-32, Luke 13:6-9, Isaiah 5:1-7, John 14:1-31, John 15:9-17

Preaching Commentary Context The last “I Am” Statement The Gospel text for this week includes the final “I am” statement in John’s Gospel: “I am the vine.” The lectionary text for this week ends...

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Second Sunday of Easter

Author

Eunice McGarrahan

Keywords

Scripture

John 20:19-31, 1 John 1:1-2:2, Acts 4:32-35, John 20:19-31, Psalm 133:, John 14:27, John 1:14, John 20:21

Preaching Commentary The Text Encounters with the Living Jesus This text from the Gospel of John is so rich and full that it could be divided up into several sermons. The entire chapter is a recor...

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Fourth Sunday of Easter

Author

Geoff Helton

Keywords

Scripture

John 10:11-18, 1 John 3:16-24, Acts 4:5-12, John 10:11-18, Psalm 23:, John 9:null, Genesis 4:2-4, Numbers 14:33, 1 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 5:2, Isaiah 56:11, Zechariah 10:2, Jeremiah 23:1-2, Jeremiah 50:6, Zechariah 10:2-3, John 10:11-18, Ezekiel 34:11-16, Psalm 23:, Luke 15:1-7, Matthew 18:12-14, John 13:1, John 15:13, John 9:34-35

Preaching Commentary Context Signs and Dialogue There’s a reoccurring pattern in Johns’s Gospel in which Jesus performs a sign, which is followed by dialogue and then commentary from Jesus that pr...

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Third Sunday of Easter

Author

Jeff Volkmer

Keywords

Scripture

Luke 24:36, 1 John 3:1-7, Acts 3:12-19, Luke 24:36b-48, Psalm 4:, Luke 24:36-48, Luke 24:1-12, Luke 24:13-15, Luke 24:36-48, Luke 24:47-48, John 20:19-29, John 14:27, Luke 24:37, Luke 24:39-43, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:17, Colossians 1:null, Luke 24:44-49, Luke 24:46-47, Luke 24:48-49, John 16:7

Preaching Commentary Context Post-Resurrection Appearances The four Gospel writers vary in which and how many of Jesus’ thirteen post-resurrection appearances they choose to record. Luke reserves ...

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Adapted from Acts 10:34-43

Author

Dustin Ray

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Scripture

Acts 10:34-43

Pastor: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good n...

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Second Sunday of Easter

Author

Scott B. Bullock

Scripture

Psalm 133:null, 1 John 1:1-2:2, Acts 4:32-35, John 20:19-31, Psalm 133:, Psalm 132:null, Exodus 29:7, Exodus 29:21

Preaching Commentary Summary of the Text Songs of Ascent Psalm 133 is part of the Psalter’s collection of the Songs of Ascent, Psalms 120-134. The Songs of Ascent were sung by the throng of pilgri...

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Fourth Sunday of Easter

Author

C. Hassell Bullock

Keywords

Scripture

Psalm 23:null, 1 John 3:16-24, Acts 4:5-12, John 10:11-18, Psalm 23:, 1 Samuel 16:11, 1 Samuel 17:20, 1 Samuel 16:13, Exodus 34:6-7, Exodus 15:null, Exodus 34:6-7, Deuteronomy 2:7, Numbers 10:33

Preaching Commentary The Danger of Familiarity Occasionally familiarity, paradoxically, turns into an enemy of understanding, or at least becomes an obstruction. Psalm 23, perhaps the most loved ps...

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Third Sunday of Easter

Author

C. Hassell Bullock

Keywords

Scripture

Psalm 4:null, 1 John 3:1-7, Acts 3:12-19, Luke 24:36b-48, Psalm 4:, Matthew 5:43-45, 2 Samuel 19:15-30, Numbers 6:4-9, Isaiah 65:24, Psalm 76:10

Preaching Commentary A Psalm of Trust Psalm 4, the lectionary psalm for this third Sunday of Easter, follows a psalm of lament (Psalm 3) in which David bemoans his political enemies, who included h...

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Author

N. T. Wright

Keywords

Scripture

Matthew 28:5-7, John 20:19-20, Acts 2:24, Romans 6:4, Revelation 1:18, Psalm 16:10

There is no form of early Christianity known to us- though there are some that have been invented by ingenious scholars- that does not affirm at its heart that after Jesus’ shameful death God raised h...

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