Christmas 1
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Christmas 1 • Luke 2:22–40 • December 27, 2015
By Todd Jones Joy to the world, Christmas has come! For many, the joy of this holiday season is in the opened gifts and the…
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Christmas 1 • Galatians 4:4–7 • December 28, 2014
By Glenn A. Nielsen The celebration of Christmas begins, in stores and media, months before December 25. Advent has led up to the church’s celebrations of Christmas…
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Christmas 1 • Isaiah 63:7–14 • December 29, 2013
By Joel Biermann Israel, God’s rebellious son, God’s adulterous bride, remains always the unexpected recipient of God’s greatest giving. He even intervenes for Israel as a…
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Christmas 1 • Colossians 3:12–17 • December 30, 2012
By David L. Adams Introduction In this brief section the Apostle Paul gives Christians guidance for understanding how the life of Jesus, received in baptism,…
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Christmas 1 • Isaiah 61:10–62:3 • January 1, 2012
by Henry Rowold Sometimes Christians find the prophetic writings strange territory because those writings seem to be an unending boiling and churning of divine wrath…
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Christmas 1 • Matthew 2:13–23 •December 26, 2010
by Travis J. Scholl Talk about good news, bad news. The day after Christmas (“On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to…
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Christmas 1 · Exodus 13:1-3a, 11-15 · December 27, 2009
By Travis J. Scholl “The text is designed so that the memory is a generative event in subsequent generations of Israel, generative of energy and courage…
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First Sunday after Christmas · Luke 2:22-40 · December 28, 2008
By Gerhard Bode Liturgical Setting The Gospel reading for the First Sunday after Christmas observes the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple. Textual Comments…