Preaching
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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 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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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 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…
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Proper 16 • Isaiah 51:1–6 • August 24, 2014
This passage is about the end times in which the gospel is not only present (as it is in all such readings) but in which…
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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 13 • Isaiah 55:1–5 • August 3, 2014
He came to dance our dance with death, died on a cross, and rose victorious never to die again.
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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…
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Lent 1 • Genesis 3:1–21 • March 9, 2014
By divine design, Genesis 3 is an inseparable part of a unit (Gn 1–3), and neither Genesis 1–2 nor Genesis 3 should be discussed without…