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Proper 12 · Romans 8:28-39 · July 27, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, We sketched a connected theme in the previous two lessons, both of which dealt with the struggle of faith in a fallen…
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Proper 11 · Romans 8:18-27 · July 20, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, The previous text (Ro 8:12-17) presented us with “Life by the Spirit of Christ.” The present text, the second of three…
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Proper 10 · Romans 8:12-17 · July 13, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, The texts for Propers 10-12 are consecutive readings from the eighth chapter of Romans, closely related thematically, and therefore can naturally be…
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Proper 9 · Romans 7:14-25 · July 6, 2008
By Anthony Cook, Textual Comments: Proper 9 presents a sobering reminder of the Christian’s constant struggle to walk in the newness of life. The reader…
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Proper 8 · Romans 7:1-13 · June 29, 2008
By Anthony Cook, Textual Comments: In the section of Romans preceding this text (6:12-23), Paul illustrates our relationship with God as both instruments and slaves of…
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Proper 7 · Romans 6:12-23 · June 22, 2008
By Anthony Cook, Introduction to the Sixth-Eighth Sundays after Pentecost As I began to prepare homiletical helps for Propers 7-9,I realized that the three sequential texts…
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Proper 6 · Romans 5:6-15 · June 15, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, This pericope is an interesting selection for a couple of reasons. For one thing, the assigned verses for this Sunday’s Epistle lesson…
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Proper 5 · Romans 4:13-25 · June 8, 2008
William W. Schumacher, The story of Abraham (or Abram, as he is called in the parts of Genesis to which Paul refers) shows that God’s…
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Proper 4 · Romans 3:21-28 · June 1, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, It is always a challenge to preach on a very familiar text in such a way that people actually hear the message…