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Acts 11:1-18

Easter 5C

[…] his idea. So Peter recounts the story of his vision and trip to Cornelius’ home. In verse 5 he reports that he “saw a vision.” In his Pentecost sermon Peter quoted Joel’s promise that “your old men will dream dreams.” Now it’s as if God has kept that promise. What’s more, in verse 12 […]

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Jeremiah 31:27-34

Proper 24C

[…] ultimate fulfillment in Christ, particularly the part about writing God’s law onto our very hearts, which surely looks like (among other things) a preview of the post- Pentecost fact of the Spirit’s making each believer a living Temple of God himself. Of course, the passage contains some other curious items that we don’t always […]

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Psalm 46

Proper 29C

[…] on the cross as the “King of the Jews,” celebrated his re-coronation in his resurrection and ascension, and rejoiced in his regal outpouring of his Spirit on Pentecost.  In the season after Pentecost, Ordinary Time, we focused on what it means to follow the King in a world that does not acknowledge him.  Now […]

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Matthew 9:35-10:8

Proper 6A

[…] things of Jesus.  Indeed, if Luke’s account is to be believed, most of their misunderstandings as to the nature of Jesus’ kingdom persist all the way until Pentecost.  Remember Acts 1 and the moments right before Jesus’ ascension into heaven when—even at that late date some forty days after the resurrection—the disciples ask, “Lord, […]

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Acts 4:5-12

Easter 4B

[…] risks only ridicule for acknowledging Jesus.  In Acts 4 he risks his freedom if not life for talking about Jesus. Given his track record (at least before Pentecost), we’d have expected Peter to wilt in the face of Acts 4’s religious leaders.  They’d, after all, flexed their religious muscles by first jailing and then […]

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Psalm 22:1-15

Proper 23B

Pentecost, Ordinary Time, Lectionary, Sermon, Psalms

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Acts 9:36-43

Easter 4C

[…] remarkable.  This is the first time a woman is spoken of by name in a positive way in this history (apart from Mother Mary in the pre- Pentecost days).  The story is nearly all about men, so the introduction of this woman is noteworthy. That is even more the case because she is such […]

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Acts 11:1-18

Easter 5C

[…] unless God moves. That fact leaps off the pages of this particular story, but we’ve already seen it in the earlier stories—the giving of the Spirit at Pentecost, the conversion of 3000 at Pentecost, the ministry of Philip, the conversion of Saul, and more.  Apart from the Holy Spirit and the mighty works of […]

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1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a

Proper 7C

[…] great story for Christians who have just celebrated the mighty acts of God by observing the major feasts of the church year—Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost.  But now as we enter Ordinary Time, we are faced once again with the continued existence and power of sin and evil.  As we begin the […]

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Psalm 122

Advent 1A

[…] was vital.  God was on the move there, his Spirit was present, and he was doing a marvelous work in the sight of his people. But with Pentecost’s outpouring of God’s Spirit onto all his children, with the revelation that we are now all temples of the Holy Spirit, the Christian tradition has over […]

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