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Epiphany 2B Sermon Commentary

 

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John 1:43-51 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 2B

Sample Sermon: “The Child’s Leading” Don’t you wish sometimes you could have been there, could have seen them in person?  I mean the disciples and, of course, Jesus himself.  You hear people say things like that once in a while.  Wouldn’t it have been something to have been able to meet Peter, to shake Matthew’s…

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Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 2B

An acquaintance of mine used to like to end his prayers with a half-witty, half-wry final intercession.  If praying at table, his prayers were mostly typical . . . until the conclusion.  “Dear Lord, we thank you for this food, for this day, for your goodness to us.  Be with us as we fellowship at…

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1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 2B

Christians sometimes assume people’s souls are the only places where God works. God’s people, however, who add Christian freedom to that assumption sometimes end up with unbiblical notions about our bodies. Of course, Jesus Christ graciously freed his adopted siblings from having to earn our salvation by obeying God’s law. Yet that leaves the question…

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1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 2B

On this Second Sunday after Epiphany, the parallels between this Old Testament reading and the Gospel reading (John 1:43-51) are obvious and instructive.  Both are about calling, of Samuel and of the first disciples.  Both are about God revealing himself, through his spoken word and through the Word made flesh.  Both calls evoke a life…

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