Four Sentences: The Big Idea

We are both convinced that the preacher’s particular hell is trying to be ‘original’ each week with the text before us, trying desperately to squeeze some new and creative edge from the old, old story in order to impress the masses.

Four Sentences for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

From the Gospel according to Matthew 22:1–14

The Letter Sentence:

Four Sentences for the Second Sunday of Easter

From the Acts of the Apostles 4:32–35

The Letter Sentence:

The apostles’ bold witness to Jesus’ life coincides with the unity of the believers in shared…

Four Sentences for the Second Sunday after Pentecost

From the Gospel according to St Mark 2:23 — 3:6

The Plain Sentence

Four Sentences for Easter Sunday

From the Acts of the Apostles 10:34–43

The Letter Sentence:

Peter tells Cornelius of the Spirit’s teaching him to transgress the outermost limits of desire and contact.

Four Sentences for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

From the Gospel according to St Matthew 22:15–22

The Letter Sentence:

Four Sentences for the Third Sunday of Easter

From the Acts of the Apostles 3:12–19

The Letter Sentence

Peter bears witness to the living God as he heals the lame man through the power of Jesus’ name.

Four Sentences for the Fourth Sunday of Easter

From the Acts of the Apostles 4:5–12

The Letter Sentence

Peter proclaims to the judges that Jesus is the reference point in founding any effort that leads to…