Tag: gospel
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Leaving Your Peace
Matthew 10:5-23 – 6/24/2026 As you enter the house, greet it. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. Matthew 10:12-13 (NRSVue) I cannot remember ever hearing this particular verse commented on. Jesus is giving instructions to the twelve whom…
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A Life-Affirming Gospel of Celebration
John 7:37-39 – 5/27/2026 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”…
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A Reorientation from Death to Life
John 3:31-36 – 5/20/2026 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever [is not persuaded by] the Son will not see life but [God’s wrath remains on them]. John 3:36 (NRSVue with my own corrections from the Greek) John is the most concerned of all the Gospels with belief versus unbelief and being persuaded…
