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Lent 5 · Romans 8:1-11 · March 9, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Gibbs, Romans 8:1-11 is a rich and theologically important text. Here Paul expresses in remarkable fashion both the distinction and the proper…
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Lent 4 · Ephesians 5:8-14 · March 2, 2008
By Joel P. Fritsche, All of the Lenten epistle readings in series A are from Romans with the exception of this one from Ephesians. The…
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Lent 3 · Romans 5:1-8 · February 24, 2008
By Glenn A. Nielsen, That’s Core, That’s Basic Sometimes it’s good just to go back to the basics, just to hear once again the core of…
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Lent 2 · Romans 4:1-8,13-17 · February 17, 2008
By Joel P. Fritsche, In the verses preceding our text, St. Paul beautifully proclaims the doctrine of justification by grace through faith. This is a…
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Lent 1 · Romans 5:12-19 · February 10, 2008
By Erik Herrmann, With Lent’s traditional emphasis on repentance and self-denial, the season runs the risk of turning one inward. That is to say, the danger…
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The Transfiguration of Our Lord · 2 Peter 1:16-21 · February 3, 2008
By David I. Lewis, Introduction: This Sunday provides one key point of structure within the church year, both in how it looks back over the…
