epistles
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Proper 29 • Colossians 1:13–20 • November 24, 2013
By Bruce M. Hartung An encouragement when preparing to preach on this text, the Epistle assigned for the Last Sunday of the Church Year: Read aloud…
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Proper 28 • 2 Thessalonians 3:(1–5) 6–13 • November 17, 2013
By Rick Marrs Since becoming a seminary professor, I have been unpleasantly surprised at the number of lay people who have told me that they do…
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Proper 27 • 2 Thessalonians 2:1–8, 13–17 • November 10, 2013
By David I. Lewis Overview In 2 Thessalonians 2 the Apostle Paul discusses matters of eschatology as he exhorts the church in Thessalonica not to be…
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All Saints’ Day • 1 John 3:1–3 • November 3, 2013
By Kent Burreson Looking Forward to the Family Reunion Certain feast days in the church calendar have a decidedly baptismal focus: Epiphany, the Baptism of…
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Reformation Day • Romans 3:19–28 • October 27, 2013
By Bruce Schuchard The church’s celebration, its regular remembrance, of seminal events––like the Reformation––happens so that the faithful might be encouraged to remember and never…
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Proper 23 • 2 Timothy 2:1–13 • October 13, 2013
By David L. Adams The Text as Text Several significant translational issues arise near the beginning of this reading. First, the imperative ἐνδυναμοῦ (be empowered),…
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Proper 22 • 2 Timothy 1:1–14 • October 6, 2013
By Travis J. Scholl I am consistently in awe of the poetic beauty, the intimacy, the sincerity of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. The eloquence…
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Proper 21 • Revelation 12:7–12 • September 29, 2013
By David Schmitt On the celebration of St. Michael and All Angels, it would be easy to expand a sermon on this text in Revelation…