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Epiphany 3 • 1 Corinthians 7:29–31 (32–35) • January 25, 2015
Instead, what Paul wants to foster among us today is a conversation about life in Christ and how our joys and our sorrows, our buying…
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Easter 3 • Acts 2:14a, 36–41 • May 4, 2014
This proclamation of the crucified and risen Lord and Christ encompasses all in its call to repentance but addresses each individual personally in its offer…
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Easter 4 • Acts 2:42–47 • May 11, 2014
All who believed quite naturally and quite regularly shared all things in common, as would, as should, the superabundantly blessed persons of a singular household…
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The Lordship of Christ and the Unity of the Church
The people of God are united by the Spirit-given confession of Jesus as Lord (1 Cor 12:3), incorporated into the body of Christ in baptism…
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Easter 4 • 1 John 3:16–24 • April 26, 2015 Preliminary Considerations
Christians do not simply resign from this world of harassment, resentment, and sorrow, but endure hardship trusting in the reconciling love God has lavished for…
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God’s Word Produces Faith and Fruit Reflections from Luther’s Understanding of the Sermon on the Mount
In his comments on the Sermon on the Mount in 1538 he made clear that the community’s light was to shine with good works, which…
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Proper 18 • Ezekiel 33:7–9 • September 7, 2014
In the chapter that follows our text for today Ezekiel points us to the Messiah as the true Shepherd who will deliver and feed his…