Tag: salvation
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Let Peace be Spoken to You
Psalm 85:8-13 – 8/6/2026 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts. Psalm 85:8 (NRSVue) The Psalmist says that the Lord will speak peace to God’s people. This Psalm leads me to reflect how…
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Choosing One’s Own Oppression
Isaiah 55:1-5 – 8/2/2026 – The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your earnings for that which does not satisfy? Isaiah 55:2 (NRSVue) Deleuze puts it roughly this way. Why do some people fight for their own oppression as if it were their salvation?…
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Where Is Our Salvation?
Psalm 119:121-128 – 7/28/2026 My eyes fail from watching for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise. Psalm 119:123 (NRSVue) How long, Oh Lord, will the wicked prevail while the oppressed go hungry and unhoused? How long will oppressors and greedy, selfish men rule? When will the people be set free from…
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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…
Dionysus on a Bike 