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Psalm 66 is a hymn of thanksgiving in which the voices of the community of faith (verses 1–12) mingle with the voice of an individual psalm singer (verses 13–20).1 Verses 1–5 of the psalm echo (...)

Psalm 31, along with Psalms 22 and 69, is among the longest and most impressive of the genre known variously as lament, complaint, protest, and/or prayer for help.1 Not coincidentally, these three psalms figure prominently (...)

She left her jar behind. What will the people who hear your sermon leave behind after hearing the Good News proclaimed this Sunday? Matt Skinner reflects on John 4:5-42 for the Third Sunday of Lent, (...)

In this episode of Sermon Brainwave, Karoline Lewis, Matt Skinner, and Cody Sanders discuss the readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, focusing on the Gospel of John 9:1-41, Psalm 23, and Ephesians 5:8-14. They (...)

Nicodemus asks Jesus, “How can these things be?” — and Dr. Karoline Lewis thinks preachers ask the same thing. In this Preacher to Preacher moment for the Second Sunday of Lent, she reframes Nicodemus not as clueless, (...)

Many of us can only hear the first line of the psalm in the King James Version: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”1 With a simple metaphor in a concise and elegant (...)

My recommendation for preaching Maundy Thursday is not to “preach on” 1 Corinthians, but to use Paul’s strategy in crafting 1 Corinthians 11 to bring the presence of Christ palpably among your own people while (...)

During Lent, preachers help congregations face vital questions about Jesus and the new reign he proclaims. We repent and seek clarity. We take stock of our lives, reconsider the world we inhabit, and prepare to (...)

What pushes people to go public with the truth? In Matthew 4, Jesus takes to the streets after John’s arrest—going public with a message of mercy and a new way of being in the world. (...)

Preaching on the call of the disciples this Sunday? Karoline Lewis connects John’s Gospel with Moses at Sinai—from the base of the pyramids in Egypt! When the disciples follow Jesus, the Lamb of God, they (...)