Preaching
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Epiphany 3 • Luke 4:16–30 • January 24, 2016
By David Peter This text is appropriate for reflection early in the Epiphany season for several reasons. First, it reports one of Jesus’s first acts…
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Epiphany 2 • John 2:1–11 • January 17, 2016
By David I. Lewis Introduction Today’s gospel lesson records the beginning of the miraculous signs (αρχη των σημειων) which Jesus did as recorded in the…
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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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Christmas 2 • Luke 2:40–52 • January 3, 2016
By Thomas Manteufel This story shows the holy family in Jerusalem at the feast of Passover. According to Deuteronomy 16:16, all male Israelites were obligated…
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Hope Rising: Preaching Luke
David Schmitt on preaching Luke from Advent to Easter in Year C. Need we say more?
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Advent 3 • Luke 7:18–28 (29–35) • December 13, 2015
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald Luke 7:18?35 presents the preacher with a challenge: although unified by references to John, the three subsections are diverse in topic…
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Advent 1 • Luke 19:28–40 • November 29, 2015
By David Wollenburg Two gospel lessons are offered for this day: Both were recorded by Luke and so both are clearly Series C. They have…
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Proper 29 • Revelation 1:4b–8 • November 22, 2015
By Bruce Schuchard Sermon Suggestion Recent events here in our own country and elsewhere in the world may have more than a few of the faithful…
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Proper 28 • Hebrews 10:11–25 • November 15, 2015
By David Schmitt Textual Notes This reading captures a moment in Hebrews when the author moves from proclamation to exhortation. 10:11?18: These verses capture the close…