Spring 2015
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Proper 9 • 2 Corinthians 12:1–10 • July 5, 2015 Exegetical Notes
Beyond conflict resolution lies a whole new way of defining reality, not by might or by power, or even by spiritual gifts or by healings,…
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Proper 7 • 2 Corinthians 6:1–13 • June 21, 2015 Servants of God as a Study in Contrasts
The one who was himself a study in contrasts, contradictions, and paradoxes asks no less of his servants and gives no less than his Spirit…
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NEGOTIATING IDENTITY: Exploring Tensions between Being Hakka and Being Christian in Northwestern Taiwan
Christofferson speaks of the Hakka people, he prefers more malleable descriptors such as “being Hakka” or “doing things in the Hakka way.” This, in turn,…
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Proper 13 • Ephesians 4:1–16 • August 2, 2015
Just as your hands and your knees are gifts to you, gifts from God, so are the people around you gifts from God.
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Faithful Witness in Suffering and Joy
Hardly experts on the subject of joy, we can at least become students of joy and suppliants of joy, and someday, perhaps, even coworkers of…
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Holy Trinity • Acts 2:14a, 22–36 • May 31, 2015
For Peter, gifted now with the Holy Spirit, all that has taken place was promised long ago and has unfolded according to God’s “definite plan…
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1Proper 11 • Ephesians 3:14–21 • July 26, 2015
The good news is that the Gentile believers now fully belong as household members (3:19) to the God of Israel, the Father of Jesus (Eph…
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Easter 7 • 1 John 5:9–15 • May 17, 2015 Testifying in the Courtroom
In true Johannine fashion, the apostle offers us a contrast between two opposing principles at war with each other, namely, the way of the Son…