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Proper 12 • Matthew 13:44–52 • July 24, 2011
By Robert Weise Parables of Assurance and Hope I would suggest that the best reference for studying the context of these three parables that “assure them…
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Proper 11 • Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 • July 17, 2011
By Travis J. Scholl Consider this act two in the grand dramatic entrance of the parables into the Gospel of Matthew and the Matthean lectionary, the…
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Proper 10 • Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 • July 10, 2011
By Francis C. Rossow From childhood on we’ve known the scriptural truth that hearing affects living. Only the word of God can create faith in our…
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Proper 9 • Matthew 11:25–30 • July 3, 2011
By Paul Philp Jesus has just concluded speaking words of woe upon the cities where the response to his proclamation among them was ignored and rejected.…
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Proper 8 • Matthew 10:34–42 • June 26, 2011
By David Peter Liturgical Context This text is appointed for this date simply because it falls in the sequence of the lectio continua for the gospel…
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Holy Trinity • Matthew 28:16–20 • June 19, 2011
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald Trinity Sunday is “the celebration of the richness of the being of God . . . the occasion of a thankful review…
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Pentecost • John 7:37–39 • June 12, 2011
By R. Reed Lessing “The Fly-Over Lands of our Lives” John’s Use of Water Our Lord’s turning water into wine at the Cana wedding (Jn 2:1–11)…
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Easter 7 • John 17:1–11 • June 5, 2011
By William W. Schumacher In the Heidelberg Disputation (1518), Martin Luther drew a stark contrast between a “theologian of glory” and a “theologian of the cross,”…
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Easter 6 • John 14:15–21 • May 29, 2011
Textual Considerations John 14:1–14 serves as the gospel for the previous Sunday, the fifth Sunday of Easter. While John 14:15–21 is the gospel for the…
