Lamb and Lion?

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Second Sunday in Advent: Old Testament, Isaiah 11:1-10                       Isaiah 11:1-10 Funny isn’t it how certain phrases are quoted with great authority and familiarity only to be found to be in error when sourced? One...

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Waiting

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First Sunday in Advent: Gospel, Matthew 24:36-44               Matthew 24:36-44  Questions abound regarding the coming again of the Son of Man. It’s time is compared to the days surrounding faithful Noah. It’s compared to the...

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Wear Him Well

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First Sunday in Advent: Epistle, Romans 13:11-14                      Romans 13:11-14 Our Old Testament reading for the week focused our attention on the wonderful days ahead, going to the house of the Lord, the hill-dwelling of the Great...

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Better Days Ahead

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First Sunday in Advent: Old Testament, Isaiah 2:1-5                             Isaiah 2:1-5 God calls and His calling is always clear. In our Old Testament reading for the week God makes a call that His people should...

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Your Word Is...

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Proper 29: Gospel, Luke 23:27-43 Luke 23:27-43 “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43). Sweet words indeed. But in the context of the event during which they are spoken … not so nice. The event, that is. The darkness of the event makes the...

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Who?

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Proper 29: Epistle, Colossians 1:13-20 Colossians 1:13-20 Many years ago I heard a prominent American pastor lament that the church was publishing myriads of books on many topics and a lamentable few on Jesus Christ. It causes some reflection as I look at my own bookshelf and see the titles...

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How Can It Be?

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Proper 29: Old Testament, Malachi 3:13-18                               Malachi 3:13-18 The gospel doesn’t only live in the New Testament. So many make the mistake of thinking the Old Testament is law, law...

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Close to the Source

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Proper 28: Gospel, Luke 21:5-28                                           Luke 21:5-28 Luke 21 is one of a group of passages across the gospels that point to those days which usher in...

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An Everyday Book

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Proper 28: Epistle, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13                              2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Funny it is that many consider the Bible a book of myths, stories, tales, and instruction far away from the steps we leave...

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Little More to Say

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Proper 28: Old Testament, Malachi 4:1-6                             Malachi 4:1-6 The final chapter of our Old Testament begins in a blaze. Read just the first verse. My brief comments focus on that very beginning of...

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