The Handbuilt Church

Sermon research

If you’re preaching one of these texts, start here: patristic commentary, current scholarship, textual notes, and safeguarding checks for the coming Sunday, every claim sourced and cited.

Each brief is posted exactly as approved, full source trail included, so you can follow any citation back to where it came from.

This Sunday · September 6, 2026

Matthew 18:15-20

Sources, textual notes, and the interpretive questions worth weighing before you write a word.

Proper 18 (23)NRSV11 sourcesReading verified

Past Sundays

Past briefs collect here week by week, each kept exactly as approved.

The Handbuilt Lab

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A 4-week cohort for pastors who want this kind of research support on their own weekly writing, without handing over voice, theology, or final judgment.