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Easter 4 · 1 Peter 2:19-25 · April 13, 2008
By David I. Lewis, Introduction: In the three year lectionary the Fourth Sunday of Easter is also designated “Good Shepherd Sunday” with readings from John 10 as the Gospel text dispersed over the…
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Easter 3 · 1 Peter 1:17-25 · April 6, 2008
By Arthur E. Graudin, Textual Considerations: The words “judges each one according to each one’s deeds” (1:17) (ESV) are a reminder of the final judgment described by Jesus in Matthew 25:31-46. Good deeds…
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A new blog about faith, called Civil Religion
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Easter 2 · 1 Peter 1:3-9 · March 30, 2008
By Glenn A. Nielsen, Good Hopes that Die; The Better Hope that Lives Hope is good. In a book by John Ortberg (If You Want to Walk on the Water, You’ve Got to…
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The Resurrection of Our Lord · Colossians 3:1-4 · March 23, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Gibbs, This well-known reading from Colossians presents two (at least!) opportunities for mis-interpretation in our present context. The first might be called an overspiritualizing of the reading. The second…
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Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion · Philippians 2:5-11 · March 16, 2008
By Arthur F. Graudin, The Introit for the Day in the Altar Book, LSB reminds the worshippers that the One who is the subject of the day’s worship is “the King of Glory.”…
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Lent 5 · Romans 8:1-11 · March 9, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Gibbs, Romans 8:1-11 is a rich and theologically important text. Here Paul expresses in remarkable fashion both the distinction and the proper relationship between the Spirit’s work to bring…
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Lent 4 · Ephesians 5:8-14 · March 2, 2008
By Joel P. Fritsche, All of the Lenten epistle readings in series A are from Romans with the exception of this one from Ephesians. The pericopes from Romans have provided a number…
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Lent 3 · Romans 5:1-8 · February 24, 2008
By Glenn A. Nielsen, That’s Core, That’s Basic Sometimes it’s good just to go back to the basics, just to hear once again the core of what we believe, just to listen to…
