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(4). Easter Day To Trinity Sunday (Book Of Common Prayer).
Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 17, 2025 (message contributor)
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1. Easter Day (B C P).
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 111:1-10, Exodus 12:21-28, Colossians 3:1-7, John 20:1-10. A). A COMMITMENT TO PRAISE THE LORD. Psalm 111:1-10. After the initial exhortation to “Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 111:1), this song forms an acrostic, using all twenty-two Hebrew letters in alphabetical order. As for the ...read more
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2. First Sunday After Easter (B C P).
Contributed on Apr 22, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 81:1-4, Ezekiel 37:1-10, 1 John 5:4-12, John 20:19-23. A). A SUMMONS TO RESOUNDING PRAISE. Psalm 81:1-4. PSALM 81:1. There may be a time for quiet contemplative worship, but this is not it. It is a time of loudness, a time of noise. It is a time of fulness of joy. We are not called to be ...read more
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3. Second Sunday After Easter (B C P).
Contributed on Apr 22, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 23:1-6, Ezekiel 34:11-16a, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:11-16. A). THE SHEPHERD PSALM. Psalm 23:1-6. I. The LORD is my Shepherd. Psalm 23:1-3. When King David was a boy, he used to look after his father’s sheep - so he knew what he was talking about when he spoke of the LORD as his ...read more
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4. Third Sunday After Easter (B C P).
Contributed on Apr 25, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 57:1-10, Genesis 45:3-10, 1 Peter 2:11-17, John 16:16-22. A). FROM PRAYER TO PRAISE. Psalm 57:1-11. This is a beautifully crafted Psalm which, according to the title, was written by David ‘when he fled from Saul in the cave.’ The Psalm has two sections: first a prayer (PSALM 57:1-6); ...read more
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5. Fourth Sunday After Easter (B C P).
Contributed on Apr 29, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 66:14-20, Job 19:21-27a, James 1:17-21, John 16:5-15. A). OF ANSWERED PRAYER. Psalm 66:14-20. The testimony of the people of God is supplemented with the testimony of one believer: like a good old-fashioned evangelistic meeting, which not only has good preaching, but also individual ...read more
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6. Fifth Sunday After Easter (B C P).
Contributed on Apr 29, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 66:1-8, Joel 2:21-26, James 1:21-27, John 16:23-33. A). SING FORTH HIS GLORY. Psalm 66:1-8. The superscription to this Psalm is addressed, “To the chief musician. A Song or Psalm.” Whether sung or spoken, it is a call to all nations to “Make a joyful noise” to God (Psalm 66:1). Which ...read more
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7. Ascension Day (B C P).
Contributed on May 1, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 68:1-6, Daniel 7:13-14, Acts 1:1-11, Mark 16:14-20, Luke 24:44-53. A). RISE UP, LORD. Psalm 68:1-6. PSALM 68:1. Whenever the ark of the LORD set forward, perhaps even as the priests lifted the ark onto their shoulders, Moses would say ‘Rise up, LORD, and let them that hate thee flee ...read more
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8. Sunday After Ascension (B C P).
Contributed on May 1, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 68:32-35, 2 Kings 2:9-15, 1 Peter 4:7-11, John 15:26-27, John 16:1-4. A). O SING PRAISES UNTO THE LORD. Psalm 68:32-35. PSALM 68:32. The closing exhortation of this Psalm calls upon all the kingdoms of the earth to sing praises unto God. PSALM 68:33. He is again referred to under the ...read more
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9. Whit Sunday (B C P).
Contributed on May 4, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 122:1-9, Deuteronomy 16:9-12, Acts 2:1-11, John 14:15-31. A). LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Psalm 122:1-9. The “house of the LORD” encompasses this Psalm (Psalm 122:1; Psalm 122:9). Jerusalem, in turn, encompassed the house of the LORD (Psalm 122:2; Psalm 122:3; Psalm 122:7). ...read more
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10. Trinity Sunday (B C P).
Contributed on May 4, 2025
Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.
Psalm 8:1-9, Isaiah 6:1-8, Revelation 4:1-11, John 3:1-15. A). A PRAYER OF PRAISE. Psalm 8:1-9. This is the only praise Psalm which is addressed entirely to the LORD. No call to worship like Psalm 95:1, ‘O come let us sing unto the LORD’. No asides to the congregation like Psalm 107:2, ...read more