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Easter 7 · 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11 · May 4, 2008
By Charles P. Arand, “On the Prowl” Peter portrays an aspect of the Christian life that may sound more than a little scary. “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a lion looking…
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Ascension · Ephesians 1:15-23 · May 1, 2008
By Charles P. Arand, “There’s A New Lord in Town” Ascension Day is included as one of the milestone events in the grand narrative of the Gospel as set forth by the Apostles…
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Easter 6 · 1 Peter 3:13-22 · April 27, 2008
By Thomas E. Manteufel, In this Easter season we hear the apostle Peter exhorting the Christians to live righteously, turning from evil and doing good, seeking peace and pursuing it (1 Pe…
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Easter 5 · 1 Peter 2:2-10 · April 20, 2008
By Erik Herrmann, Easter is the start of something new: the resurrection of Jesus is the dawn of new creation. As Carl Michaelson puts it, Jesus is the “hinge of history.” In Him…
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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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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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