The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A

The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year A

Acts 17.22–31
1 Peter 3.13–22
John 14.15–21

It is hard to tell if Paul’s famous speech at the
Areopagus is a triumph or a disaster of
evangelism. He has done his preparation well –
one of the basic rules of preaching. He has
walked around the city and talked and listened
and picked up on the concerns of the people
to whom he is talking, and the kind of religious
language they are used to. So he hasn’t simply
used a set speech, but is deliberately trying to
 tap into the world-view of his audience. In the
section before today’s reading from Acts, we...

Taken from Lectionary reflections – Year A by Jane Williams

Published by SPCK