Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition

For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B (May 2, 2021)

Comments and Illustrations by John Fairless

Acts 8:26-40

• Obedience to God. It’s one of the “churchy” kind of phrases I have often heard thrown around by preachers and leaders. I may have tossed it a time or two myself over the years. Who doesn’t want to be “obedient” to God? Or, at least hopeful of getting on God’s good side?

• But, on a real practical level…