Tag: elca

• Women in the Church

  John 20:1-2, 11-18 – 7/22/2026 – The Feast of Mary Magdalene, the Apostle Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord.” John 20:18 (NRSVue) Of the many things that alienated me from the life of the church was a church community that did not allow women to lead. The Calvinist-Baptist,…

  Justin R Marquis

  July 27, 2026

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  apostle, bible, christianity, elca, faith, feast-day, feminism, god, gospel-of-john, jesus, lectionary, lutheran, mary-magdalene, theology, women-in-the-church

• Commentary on the ELCA’s Social Statement on Economic Life

  by Justin Marquis

  Justin R Marquis

  June 9, 2026

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  Christian communism, Christian Ethics, Christian social ethics, christianity, economics, elca, ethics, leftism, lutheran, philosophy, social theory, theology

• The Time of Our Salvation

  2 Timothy 1:8-12 – 5/28/2026 [God] saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before [historic time]. 2 Timothy 1:9 (NRSVue with my re-translation) When I left the life of the…

  Justin R Marquis

  May 26, 2026

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  ancient-greek, bible, chronos, elca, faith, god, grace, jesus, kairos, lectionary, lutheran, new-testament-greek, salvation, theology, time