Tag: lectionary
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Jesus and Knowledge of God
Hebrews 2:1-9 – 7/16/2026 We do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. Hebrews 2:9 (NRSVue) Who is Jesus? Who was he? As a…
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The Use of Ancient Texts by Christian Nationalism
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 – 7/14/2026 If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth; all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord…
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The God of the Harvest
Leviticus 26:3-20 – 7/13/2026 If you follow my statutes and keep my commandments and observe them faithfully, I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall overlap the vintage, and the vintage shall overlap the…
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Jesus’s Teachings on Wealth
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 – 7/12/2026 – The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing Matthew 13:22 (NRSVue) The “cares of this age and the lure…
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Christology and the Communication of Properties
John 12:44-50 – 7/11/2026 Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. John 12:44-45 (NRSVue) John has perhaps the highest Christology of any of the New Testament texts. In other words, in John’s Gospel we find the…
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A Strange Deity
Isaiah 48:6-11 – 7/10/2026 For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off. Isaiah 48:9 (NRSVue) The traditional understanding of the theistic God is that God is impassible. In other words, God is not affected by that…
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Love Is in Our Nature
Romans 2:12-16 – 7/9/2026 When gentiles, who do not possess the law, by nature do what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. Romans 2:14 (NRSVue) The law of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, is, among other things, a statement of God’s will for God’s people, a set…
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The Foot Washing
John 13:1-17 – 7/8/2026 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done…
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The Ends Do Not Justify the Means
Romans 3:1-8 – 7/7/2026 Why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their judgment is deserved! Romans 3:8 (NRSVue) Good things can come out of evil situations, actions, and choices. It happens all of the time. The outcomes of our choices…
Dionysus on a Bike 