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• The Lectionary Gospel

  Luke 13:1-9

  Author: Scott Hoezee

  Someday I’d like it explained to me why the Lectionary would assign the final verses of a chapter for the week prior to looking at its first 9 verses.  Nobody reads the Bible backwards like that so… More...

• Old Testament Lectionary

  Isaiah 55:1-9

  Author: Stan Mast

  An old farmer once told me that there are two ways to break an egg—you can smash it with a hammer in a second or you can put it under a warm mother hen for a few… More...

• The Lectionary Psalms

  Psalm 63:1-8

  Author: Scott Hoezee

  When a psalm is as relatively brief as Psalm 63 and yet you notice that the Lectionary would have you stop reading—and presumably stop preaching—three verses shy of the actual conclusion of the poem, one might be… More...

• Lectionary Epistle

  1 Corinthians 10:1-14

  Author: Doug Bratt

  It’s likely that nearly all of us have heard Christians say something like, “God never gives us more than we can handle.”  Because the people who say this generally have a lot to “handle,” I’m reluctant to… More...

• En Español

  I Corintios 12.1-11

  Author: Leopoldo Cervantes-Ortiz

  Son distintas las actividades, pero el Dios que lo activa todo en todos es siempre el mismo. […] Todo lo realiza el mismo y único Espíritu, repartiendo a cada uno sus dones como él quiere. I Corintios… More...