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• The Lectionary Gospel

  Luke 4:14-21

  Author: Scott Hoezee

  Suspense!  If you stop at verse 21 as the Lectionary would have you to do and hold off on what happens in verses 22 and following next week, then a sermon on this text ends in some… More...

• Old Testament Lectionary

  Nehemiah 8:1-10

  Author: Stan Mast

  This passage will deeply move every preacher who reads it, either to joy or to sorrow, to gratitude or to envy.  I mean, what happens here is a preacher’s dream.  The whole congregation– men, women (not typical… More...

• The Lectionary Psalms

  Psalm 19

  Author: Scott Hoezee

  Almost 115 years ago an unknown patent clerk named Albert Einstein published a series of papers detailing what he called “special relativity.”  At one fell swoop, Einstein shattered centuries’ worth of scientific theories about the fundamental nature… More...

• Lectionary Epistle

  1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

  Author: Doug Bratt

  When asked to define “church,” at least some people answer by talking about a place like a building, an event like a worship service, or even a kind of organization that people join.  But when Paul defines… More...

• En Español

  Santiago 1.1-4

  Author: Leopoldo Cervantes-Ortiz

  Pero es preciso que la perseverancia lleve a feliz término su empeño, para que ustedes sean perfectos, cabales e intachables. Santiago 1.4, La Palabra (Hispanoamérica) Trasfondo bíblico En la misma línea de su maestro, el apóstol Santiago… More...