Holy Week

Easter Sunday

Greeting APA Subscribers,

In all of the preparation you have this week before Easter, we pray that you will be able to find time to reflect and meditate on this Holy Week and what it means. May we be present with Christ in His journey to the Cross as we eagerly ancitipate the resurrection! 

This week, don't scoff at the extra work you have. Don't buck the lack of sleep and extra hours in the office. It is not in vain! It is the necessary work we do to proclaim the Resurrection! This is good work that will bear fruit. 

As usual, we have preview of our commentaries below, but we also have select commentaries for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday that are worth your time. Perhaps, they will be valuable devotionals for you and your congregations.

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Easter Sunday

Commentary, John 20:1-18 | Jacob Morris​

John’s gospel ought to begin with a preface in which he thanks the composer(s) of the book of Genesis for their influence upon his work. What we often refer to as the prologue of the gospel sinks its roots deep into the soil of the creation narrative and no subtlety whatsoever is attempted by John in his employment of the allusion.

Commentary, Acts 10:34-43 | Jake Edwards​

These weeks, our language is filled with who’s in and who’s out. Recently, the NCAA released its bracket for the college basketball tournament and immediately conversations collided around water coolers and sports forums about who deservedly and undeservedly was left off the list. On the campaign trail, it has become a favorite phrase to command security to get protesters out of the room. Get with the agenda, accept the speech, or get out.

Commentary, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | Robert Smith

​In I Corinthians 15 Paul testifies to the victory of Easter. Beginning in verses 1-2, he reminds his readers of the gospel he has preached in which they stand and are being saved. He then turns to the theme of Christianity and Easter, the resurrection. In verses 3-11, we find him supporting his claim of belief in the resurrection with reason, tradition, scripture, and experience.

Commentary, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 | Deanna Hayden

We might not normally think of a psalm as being the source of proclamation on this day celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord, but this passage has some profound truths to offer to us as we dig into it. Its original aim seems to have been as a song of thanksgiving, likely from an individual of royalty but also as one speaking as the representative of the people.

Grace and Peace,

Your A Plain Account Team