by Bill Rowley | Feb 5, 2024 | Essentials-Sermons
Lectionary Guide: Ordinary Time 2024 May 26 | Ordinary 2 | Year B Mark 2:23-3:6 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) | Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 | 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Summary of the Text Gabe Fung Context Authorship of Mark Mark’s account of the story of Jesus is commonly held to be...
by Bill Rowley | Jan 31, 2024 | Essentials-Sermons
Lectionary Guide: Easter 2024 April 21 | Fourth Sunday of Easter | Year B John 10:11-18 Acts 4:5-12 | Psalm 23 | 1 John 3:16-24 Summary of the Text Geoff Helton Context Signs and Dialogue There’s a reoccurring pattern in Johns’s Gospel in which Jesus performs a sign,...
by Bill Rowley | Jan 21, 2024 | Essentials-Sermons
Lectionary Guide: Ordinary Time 2024 May 26 | Trinity Sunday | Year B Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 | Romans 8:12-17 | John 3:1-17 Summary of the Text Jeff Volkmer Context Prophecy: Not Just Future-Telling When confronted with the question of the purpose of the prophetic...
by Bill Rowley | Jan 8, 2024 | Essentials-Sermons
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by Bill Rowley | Jan 5, 2024 | Essentials-Sermons
Lectionary Guide: Easter 2024 March 31 | Resurrection of the Lord | Year B Mark 16:1-8 Isaiah 25:6-9 | Psalm 114 | Romans 6:3-11 Summary of the Text Eunice (“Junior”) McGarrahan The Text The Short Ending or the Long ending? This is not the Easter story...
by Bill Rowley | Jan 2, 2024 | Essentials-Sermons, Sermon Illustrations By Topic
Sermon Illustrations on the Epiphany Background Stories Analogies Humor More Resources Background Baptism and Epiphany Before child baptism was common in the early Church, Epiphany was a special holy day for baptism. This is because Epiphany is traditionally...