Posts Tagged ‘belief’
Foretaste of the Sermon to Come
A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s Scriptures are Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28 Oh Peter, Peter, Peter. You’ve just confessed Jesus to be the Christ, the Messiah, and…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s readings are Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:18-22, John 14:15-21 If you love me you will keep my commandments. We humans are…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sunday’s scriptures are Acts 2:42–47, 1 Peter 2:19–25, & John 10:1–10 Well it’s Good Shepherd Sunday, and each year how many ways…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Acts 2:14a, 36–41, 1 Peter 1:17–23, Luke 24:13–35 My week usually feels like the Road to Emmaus. Sunday is…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Psalm 16, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31 My cousin posted something gorgeous and profound on Facebook this week, mourning…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Ps 118:1-2, 14-24, Acts 10:34-43, Mt 28:1-10 I am currently taking a class at Luther Seminary on the gospel…
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Genesis 8:20–22 (ESV): 20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s readings are, Exodus 17:1–7; Romans 5:6–11; John 4:5–30; 39-42 A pastor could go 30 different directions in deciding how to preach…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:5-10, Matthew 11:2-11 In our Gospel reading, John the Baptist is having doubts, not the…
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Sometimes when I really think about the things I believe I almost have to laugh. That there is a God who actually cares about this world. That God came to…
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