Proper 8
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Proper 8 • Luke 9:51–62 • June 26, 2016
Joel P. Okamoto Notes on the Text 9:51: This passage is the beginning of what is often called the travel narrative in the Gospel according…
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Proper 8 • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–15 • June 28, 2015
By Glenn Nielsen Paul urges the Corinthians to finish up their part of the collection for the church in Jerusalem. They started a year earlier, setting aside…
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Proper 8 • Jeremiah 28:5–9 • June 29, 2014
By William W. Schumacher On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed the British parliament as he was about to become prime minister. Hitler’s troops had already invaded…
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Proper 8 • Galatians 5:1, 13–25 • June 30, 2013
By Bruce Hartung Review some of the times in the New Testament that eleutherou is used in addition to Galatians 5. These include John 8:31b–32,…
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Proper 8 • Lamentations 3:22–33 • July 1, 2012
By Gerhard Bode Introduction The one- and three-year lectionaries each include only one pericope from the Book of Lamentations. In both cases, the text is…
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Proper 8 • Matthew 10:34–42 • June 26, 2011
By David Peter Liturgical Context This text is appointed for this date simply because it falls in the sequence of the lectio continua for the gospel…
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Proper 8 · Mark 5:21-43 · June 28, 2009
By Andrew Bacon Rendezvous with Jesus The healing of the woman and the healing of the daughter are part of a series of four miracles…
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Proper 8 · Romans 7:1-13 · June 29, 2008
By Anthony Cook, Textual Comments: In the section of Romans preceding this text (6:12-23), Paul illustrates our relationship with God as both instruments and slaves of…