Category: Sunday
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Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Proverbs 4:10-23 | Galatians 5:16-24 | Luke 17:11-19 Text: Proverbs 4:10-23 We’re starting to see a pattern: Jesus points out Samaritans. Is it that He’s showing favorites? Are they the Good Teacher’s pet? Not because of who they are, but because of what they demonstrate. A flesh-and-blood story teaches much more effectively than a…
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Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Readings: 2 Chronicles 28:8-15 | Galatians 3:15-22 | Luke 10:23-37 Text: Luke 10:23-37 In the collect for today, we pray, “Almighty and everlasting God, give us an increase of faith, hope, and charity; and that we may obtain what You have promised, make us love what You have commanded; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our…
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Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Isaiah 29:17-24 | 2 Corinthians 3:4-11 | Mark 7:31-37 Text: Mark 7:31-37 Were you there? Have you heard? Do you know the miracle that happened right here in the Decapolis today? Call your friends! Call your neighbors! You might even call your in-laws—this is so big! Breaking news! Jesus of Nazareth has opened the…
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Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Genesis 4:1-15 | Ephesians 2:1-10 | Luke 18:9-14 Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Consider the two ways of man in Genesis 4, exemplified by Abel and Cain: Man as creature—dependent and sinful, living alone by God’s merciful hand—versus man acting as judge of God and trying to cover up his misdeeds. How does God, our Creator,…
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Ninth Sunday after Trinity Confirmation in the Christian faith of Greta E. Gramzow and Ian A. Miller Readings: 2 Samuel 22:26–34 | 1 Corinthians 10:6-13 | Luke 16:1-13 Text: 2 Samuel 22:26–34 “Knowing God vs. Not Knowing Him” Those who don’t know Him see him as: But those to whom the Holy Spirit has made Him known see Him…
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St. Mary Magdalene (observed)
Readings: Proverbs 31:10-31 | Acts 13:26-31 | John 20:1-2, 10-18 Text: Proverbs 31:10-31 Many admonishments in Scripture speak to human sins that are more commonly male: sexual immorality, guarding the tongue, fits of anger, etc. Yet, sin corrupts both men and women alike. The man who was possessed by a legion of demons in Mark…
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Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Genesis 2:7-17 | Romans 6:19-23 | Mark 8:1-10 Text: Mark 8:1-10 “How can one [man] satisfy these people with bread in this desolate place?” (v. 4) Exacerbated by evolutionary assumptions, the biggest common factor is that there is no God. What are the odds of the first? True, it’s now the dominant view which contributes…
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Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 | Romans 6:1-11 | Matthew 5:17-26 Text: Matthew 5:20-26 For centuries, the first thing those learning the Christian faith encountered has been the Ten Commandments. We think they are elementary, and therefore easy to do. After all, they sound so simple: We would like the Commandments to be tame, manageable. As easy as following the…
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Feast of The Holy Trinity
Readings: Isaiah 6:1-7 | Romans 11:33-36 | John 3:1-17 Text: Isaiah 6:1-7; John 3:1-17 Who is God? That question is the foundation all religion, all spirituality, all philosophy, all science, and all human knowledge. The answer to that question affects how we understand everything. The atheist answers the question by saying no one is God.…
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Feast of Pentecost
Readings: Genesis 11:1-9 | Acts 2:1-21 | John 14:23-31 Text: John 14:23-31 How will you manifest yourself to your own but not the world? By the keeping of the Word of Christ. Many have asked in previous generations how you can tell the difference between Christians and unbelievers. Is it the number of good things…