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Fifth Sunday of Easter
John 15:1-8 Commentary
by Osvaldo Vena
Peter and John have been instruments of divine resurrection power (Acts 3).
Commentary | Bible Text
Acts 8:26-40 Commentary
by J.R. Daniel Kirk
This week we read of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. It’s a story that wasn’t supposed to happen.
Psalm 22:25-31 Commentary
by Eric Mathis
Anne Lamott has famously said, “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t ...
1 John 4:7-21 Commentary
by Alicia Myers
This section of 1 John is centered on the theme of “love” (agape) and “loving” (agapan).
On Withering
by Karoline Lewis
April 29, 2018
“Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.” - John 15:6
Perspective is everything. ...
SB603 - Fifth Sunday of Easter
Discussion on texts for Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 29, 2018): (Gospel) John 15:1-8; (First Reading) Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; (Second Reading) 1 John 4:7-21.