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  • Second Sunday in Advent (Populus Zion)

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    Readings: Malachi 4:1–6 | Romans 15:4–13 | Luke 21:25–36 Text: Luke 21:25-36 “Encouragement and Instruction for the Last Days” Talk of the end of the world again?  Didn’t we just have that less than a month ago?  This topic can leave us weary (possibly) disappointed that the end has not yet come.  Isn’t this what…

  • Second Sunday in Advent (Text: Matthew 3:1-12)

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    John the Baptist’s appearance is jarring.  There’s no getting comfortable around a man who wears camel fur and eats nothing but bugs and honey.  But why? I’m sure there’s someone weirder in Portland. John is uncomfortable because of what his image brings up.  He eats locusts, and yet he preaches a plague far greater than…