Fullness of Christ
Proper 13: Epistle, Ephesians 4:1-16 Ephesians 4:1-16 How very different the kingdom of the world is from the Kingdom of our God. Motivations, methods, and...
Never Enough
Proper 13: First Reading, Exodus 16:2-15 Exodus 16:2-15 One of the first lessons I learned as a new student of the Bible was that repetition meant something. Whenever...
Faithfulness 3
Proper 12: Gospel, Mark 6:45-56 Mark 6:45-56 At the beginning of this week I decided to lump our readings together under one heading...
Faithfulness 2
Proper 12: Epistle, Ephesians 3:14-21 Ephesians 3:14-21 Faithfulness symbolized by a rainbow in the heavens (from this week’s first...
Faithfulness
Proper 12: First Reading, Genesis 9:8-17 Genesis 9:8-17 God is always faithful. That’s a given. And the Scriptures of the Christian Church consistently bring forward that...
An Impossible Charge
Proper 11: Gospel, Mark 6:30-44 Mark 6:30-44 There is not a single miracle from the hands of our Lord for...
Flocks and Fixtures
Proper 11: Epistle, Ephesians 2:11-22 Ephesians 2:11-22 Our first reading for the week dealt with God’s people as a...
Safety In His Flock
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Proper 11: First Reading, Jeremiah 23:1-6 Jeremiah 23:1-6 As I have often pointed out in my Bible classes, the Old Testament prophets came generally with two types...
Bible Cancel Culture
Proper 10: Gospel, Mark 6:14-29 Mark 6:14-29 “Cancel Culture” is not new. If you either think it is, or that there isn’t such a thing currently...
Sublime
Proper 10: Epistle, Ephesians 1:3-14 Ephesians 1:3-14 The opening of Paul’s letter to the young congregation in Ephesus has been labeled by some as an epistle...
