Last Sunday After Epiphany (Transfiguration)
Last Sunday After Epiphany (Transfiguration) February 14th, 2020 Gospel: Mark 9:2-9 Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3:12-13 (14-18); 4:1-6 Lesson: 2 Kings 2:1-12 or Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm: Psalm 50:1-6 CLB Commentary on the Gospel Text by Dr. Eugene Boe (originally published in...
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
5th Sunday After Epiphany February 7th, 2020 Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Lesson: Job 7:1-7 Psalm: Psalm 147:1-13 CLB Commentary on the Gospel Text by Rev. Omar Gjerness (originally published in 2012) The main thrust of this text has to do with...
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
4th Sunday After Epiphany January 31st, 2020 Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 Epistle: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Lesson: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm: Psalm 1 CLB Commentary on the Gospel Text by Rev. Gary Witkop (originally published in 2012) Star Trek opened with a line that said the...
Third Sunday after Epiphany
3rd Sunday After Epiphany January 24th, 2020 Gospel: Mark 1:14-20 Epistle: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Lesson: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm: Psalm 62:6-14 CLB Commentary on the Gospel Text by Rev. Matt Richard (originally published in 2012) Mark 1:14 begins Act One of Mark’s...
Second Sunday after Epiphany
2nd Sunday After Epiphany January 17th, 2020 Gospel: John 1:43-51 Epistle: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Lesson: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Psalm: Psalm 67 CLB Commentary on the Gospel Text by Rev. Bill Helland (originally published in 2012) There are several directions one can go with...
First Sunday after Epiphany
1st Sunday After Epiphany January 10th, 2021 Gospel: Mark 1:4-11 Epistle: Acts 10:34-38 Lesson: Isaiah 42:1-7 Psalm: Psalm 45:7-9 CLB Commentary on the Gospel Text by Dr. Gaylan Mathiesen “And so John came...” With these words, Mark indicates to us that what is about...
Second Sunday After Christmas
First Sunday After Christmas January 3, 2021 Gospel: Luke 2:40-52 Epistle: Eph. 1:3-14 Lesson: 1 Kings 3:4-15 Psalm: Psalm 119:97-104 CLB Commentary – Dr. Gaylan Mathiesen It is interesting how the idea of physical growth (ηὔξανεν) and spiritual growth (ἐκραταιοῦτο)...
First Sunday After Christmas
First Sunday After Christmas December 27, 2020 Gospel: Luke 2:25-40 Epistle: Colossians 3:12-17 Lesson: Isaiah 45:22-25 Psalm: Psalm 111 CLB Pastors Network - Dr. Richard Erickson The well-known stories of Simeon and Anna and their reception of the infant Jesus...
Christmas Day
Christmas Day December 25, 2020 Gospel: John 1:1-14 (15-18) Epistle: Hebrews 1:1-6 (7-12) Lesson: Isaiah 52:7-10 Psalm: Psalm 2 People’s Bible Commentary – John “‘In him was life.’ As the Word made all things, he gave life to the created beings. The term life...
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Fourth Sunday in Advent December 20, 2020 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 Epistle: Romans 16:25-27 Lesson: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Psalm: Psalm 89:1-5 (19-29) CLB Pastors Network - Dr. David Veum If God was going to deal with sin, he had to touch it. He had to cross the...
Third Sunday in Advent
Third Sunday in Advent December 13, 2020 Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28 Epistle: 1Thessalonians 5:16-24 Lesson: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Psalm: Psalm 126 CLB Pastors Network - Rev. Dale Hanson The first chapter of John has that great Genesis like beginning – “in the...
Second Sunday in Advent
Second Sunday in Advent December 6, 2020 Gospel: Mark 1:1-8 Epistle: 2 Peter 3:8-14 Lesson: Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm: Psalm 85 CLB Pastors Network - Dr. Eugene Boe This text for the second Sunday of advent launches forth with its first word as “beginning”. This...
First Sunday in Advent
First Sunday in Advent November 29, 2020 Gospel: Mark 11:1-10 or Mark 13:24-37 Epistle: Corinthians 1:3-9 Lesson: Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm: Psalm 80:1-7 CLB Pastors Network - Professor Mark Erickson The first text is Mark’s account of Jesus’ “Triumphal Entry into...
Second Sunday of Easter
Second Sunday of Easter - Jesus Appears April 19, 2020 Gospel: John 20:19-31 Epistle: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Lesson: Acts 5:29-42 Psalm: Psalm 148 CLB Pastors Network - Dr. David Veum - CLICK HERE for a longer commentary on this text by Dr. Veum. Jesus sends us to...
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday - The Resurrection April 12, 2020 Gospel: Matthew 28:1-10 Epistle: Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson: Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 Psalm: Psalm 16 CLB Pastors Network - Dale Hanson Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Amen! Resurrection...
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday - The Soldiers Mock Jesus April 5, 2020 Gospel: John 12:12-19 or Matthew 26:1-27:66 Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm: Psalm 118:19-29 or 31:9-16 CLB Pastors Network - Dr. Eugene Boe This Sunday is also known as The Sunday of...
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Fifth Sunday in Lent - Jesus Raises Lazarus March 29, 2020 Gospel: John 11:1-45 (46-53) Epistle: Romans 8:1-11 Lesson: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm: Psalm 130 CLB Pastors Network - Rev. Mark Erickson “The raising of Lazarus is the climax of the series of ‘signs’ which...
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Fourth Sunday in Lent - Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind March 22, 2020 Gospel: John 9:1-41 Epistle: Ephesians 5:8-14 Lesson: Isaiah 42:14-21 Psalm: Psalm 142 The Gospel According to John “Although Jesus does not disavow the generalizing connection between sin and...
Third Sunday in Lent
Third Sunday in Lent - The Woman at the Well March 15, 2020 Gospel: John 4:5-26 (27-30, 39-42) Epistle: Romans 5:1-8 Lesson: Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm: Psalm 95:1-9 CLB Pastors Network - Rev. Bill Helland “Our Gospel lesson for this Sunday presents somewhat of a...
Second Sunday in Lent
Second Sunday in Lent - Jesus Teaches Nicodemus March 8, 2020 Gospel: John 3:1-17 Epistle: Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 Lesson: Genesis 12:1-9 Psalm: Psalm 121 CLB Pastors Network - Rev. Brent Juliot Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night. Why? He probably fears that, if he...