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All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:9–17 • November 2, 2014
Washed and clothed in white robes, God will “shelter them with his presence .
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Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014
As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who have received the blessings of the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life, we have…
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Proper 17 • Ephesians 6:10–20
The armor these soldiers are wearing is not gained by their own merit, but spiritual gifts they are blessed with.
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Easter 6 • Acts 17:16–31 • May 25, 2014
The true God is not detached and uninterested in humanity, as the philosophers understood the gods to be, but rather God is truly interested and…
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Pentecost • Numbers 11:24–30 • June 8, 2014
God did not withhold his hand of blessing to the people of Israel, and he continues to stretch forth his hand, to give us our…
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Proper 22 • Isaiah 5:1–7 • October 5, 2014
God loved his Israel, his “pleasant planting.” He planted them to do good works, specifically to bring justice and righteousness to all people, but they…
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Holy Trinity • Genesis 1:1–2:4a • June 15, 2014
A close reading of the biblical narrative reveals a stark contrast between the creation account in Genesis 1 and the rest of the Old Testament…
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Proper 11 • Isaiah 44:6–8 • July 20, 2014
Witnesses of the Living God This approach focuses on the comparison of the God of creation who formed man with the gods formed by man…
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Proper 29 • Colossians 1:13–20 • November 24, 2013
Use these readings from various places and times in the scriptures to prepare us for the overarching reality: Christ the creator, Christ the ruler, Christ…