Baptism of Our Lord
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Baptism of our Lord
Spark your thoughts for January 7, 2024! Tune in to “Lectionary Kick-start” for a discussion about the texts for the baptism of our Lord.
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Baptism of our Lord • Luke 3:15–22 • January 10, 2016
By Robert Kolb I am not particularly fond of John the Baptist. It is not his strange clothes or his strange diet that puts me…
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Baptism of Our Lord • Romans 6:1–11 • January 11, 2015
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald This pericope has all the dangers of a familiar text: we recall parts of it perfectly but may not remember how those…
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Baptism of Our Lord • Isaiah 42:1–7 • January 12, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, October 2003. By Thomas Manteufel It can be exciting to meet a famous personality.…
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Baptism of Our Lord • Romans 6:1–11 • January 13, 2013
By Henry Rowold There are fewer occasions more pleasant for the family of God than baptism. For an adult, it marks a capstone of growth…
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Baptism of our Lord • Genesis 1:1–5 • January 8, 2012
by Jeffrey Kloha Perhaps no passage bears as much gravitas—and controversy—as Genesis 1:1. In our context, the text will immediately bring to mind the modernist “science…
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Baptism of Our Lord • Matthew 3:13–17 • January 9, 2011
by Dale A. Meyer Still Waters Run Deep Introduction: Over time you get to know some people well enough to know how they’ll react. You…
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Baptism of our Lord · Isaiah 43:1-7 · January 10, 2010
By Reed Lessing “He Only Has Eyes For You!” Overview of the text The verb יצר creates an inclusio around Isaiah 43:1-7, as it appears in…
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Baptism of Our Lord · Mark 1:4-11 · January 11, 2009
By William W. Schumacher Jesus Christ, the Son of God—that is who Mark identifies in the opening tide verse of his gospel (1:1). As such,…