Old Testament
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Proper 17 • Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9 • September 2, 2012
By Thomas Manteufel What does the Old Testament portrayal of Israel have to do with us followers of Jesus Christ? This question may well occur…
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Proper 16 • Isaiah 29:11–19 • August 26, 2012
By Arthur F. Graudin Textual Considerations The text—God’s word to his people through the prophet Isaiah—contains a number of key words that point to significant…
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Proper 15 • Joshua 24:1–2, 14–18 • August 19, 2012
By Kyle Castens The Choice is His There is nothing more non-descript than a plain white Styrofoam takeout container. As it sat on our counter,…
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Proper 14 • 1 Kings 19:1–8 • August 12, 2012
By David I. Lewis Introduction The Old Testament lesson for Proper 14 contains the introduction to the narrative of Elijah’s flight to Mt. Horeb and…
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Proper 13 • Exodus 16:2–15 • August 5, 2012
By Bruce M. Hartung It is an easy homiletical move to criticize and condemn the wandering children of Israel for their murmuring against Moses and…
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Proper 12 • Genesis 9:8–17 • July 29, 2012
By Thomas Egger Congregations of the LCMS have not heard many sermons on the rainbow, since Genesis 9 did not occur in the lectionary cycles…
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Proper 11 • Jeremiah 23:1–6 • July 22, 2012
By Timothy Dost Jeremiah 23:1–6 presents a challenge to the preacher of appearing to be too narrow in scope in terms of the law to…
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Proper 10 • Amos 7:7–15 • July 15, 2012
By William W. Carr The church never quite reads Amos. The Three-Year Lectionary employs it five times; the One-Year includes it once, as an option.…
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Proper 9 • Ezekiel 2:1–5 • July 8, 2012
“Thus says the Lord God” (Ez 2:4). Notice what is missing? (Ex 3:13–15; Ex 20:2) The Lord Yahweh does not identify himself as the God…