Blessed

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All Saints (Observed): Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12                         Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed. It’s a word found myriads of times throughout the Scriptures. We tend to look at it mostly from the perspective of happiness. If...

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But I Can't Sing A Lick

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All Saints (Observed): Psalm, Psalm 149                     Psalm 149 If there is an anxiety in the people of God about heaven I think this may be it: people are concerned that they aren’t good singers. And heaven is portrayed as a...

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Salvation Is Big

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All Saints (Observed): First Reading, Revelation 7:9-17       Revelation 7:9-17 The language that John, the beloved, uses at the beginning of chapter seven rings with the depth of so much of what he attempts to write elsewhere. Remember, this is the Revelation of Jesus...

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Tantrums

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Reformation: Gospel, Matthew 11:12-19                                   Matthew 11:12-19 If you have ever spent any amount of time around young children, you will understand that “getting their...

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100,000 Times

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Reformation: Epistle, Romans 3:19-28                                    Romans 3:19-28 The epistle text for Reformation Sunday screams to me that I must share a story. A personal story that marks how I...

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Heavenly Herald

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Reformation: First Reading, Revelation 14:6-7                     Revelation 14:6-7 The Book of Revelation is about Jesus Christ. And by the fourteenth chapter we are well into that era known by the tag “the Tribulation.” The...

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"Finish Line Faith"

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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18                    2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 There is no ending to our faith in the sense that it connects us to our Eternal God and His work of securing for us eternal life in His...

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In Us All

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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, Genesis 4:1-15              Genesis 4:1-15 It doesn’t take long. Mankind falls and fails miserably, and that in an ideal environment. So much for the environment vs. genetics debate. But this problem, on...

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Expectation

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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Luke 18:1-8                         Luke 18:1-8 Incessant prayer to a righteous God who directs us to pray always bears fruit. And yet, in order to move us toward that confidence, Jesus...

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My Help

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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Psalms, Psalm 121                               Psalm 121 Just a short comment on this lovely Psalm, one of the Psalms of Ascent which carried the Old Testament people to Zion. In...

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