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Malachi 3:1-4 Baruch 5:1-9 The Song of Zacharia Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Year C – Advent, Revised Common Lectionary To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins. By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who [...]

Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Year C – First Sunday of Advent – Revised Common Lectionary There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves… s I shared recently, whilst preaching [...]

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17Psalm 1271 Kings 17:8-16Psalm 146Hebrews 9:24-28Mark 12:38-44 Year B Proper 27 (32) Revised Common Lectionary Today’s lesson: there are no verses, chapters, paragraphs or, even, punctuation in the original text. If you’ve spent any time in Church, you know how this Gospel sermon runs. Here’s a visible parable See? She puts in more [...]

Ruth 1:1-18 Psalm 146 Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Psalm 119:1-8 Hebrews 9:11-14 Mark 12:28-34 Year B – Proper 26 (31) Revised Common Lectionary Love God, Love Neighbour. This sermon title should drive up the hits a bit! One point in my personal theological journey, one on which I harp over and over again, is the connection of [...]

Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34 Jeremiah 31:7-9 Psalm 126 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 Year B Proper 25 (30), Revised Common Lectionary: O Lord, Save your people… HESE ARE, By themselves, more notes for our discussion than a sermon. A couple of things come to mind:

Job 38:1-7, (34-41) Psalm 104 Isaiah 53:4-12 Psalm 91 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45 Year B Proper 24 (29) RCL Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth… Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain… To sit at my right hand or at my left is not [...]

Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Psalm 22:1-15 Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31 Year B Proper 23 (28), RCL Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword… What is the Bible? What is the Word of God? Usually, the only time I hear this verse quoted in sermons [...]

Job 1:1, 2:1-10 Psalm 26 Genesis 2:18-24 Psalm 8 Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16 Year B Proper 22 (27) Revised Common Lectionary It is not good that the man should be alone When I left ECUSA for Eastern Orthodoxy, I was continuing a journey I’ve always been on. I was looking for the One Right [...]

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Psalm 124 Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Psalm 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 Year B Proper 21 (26) Revised Common Lectionary Indeed everyone is going to be salted with fire. Mark 9:49 I like this passage, which in some translations talks rather overmuch about the “worm that shall not die and the [...]

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Psalm 125 Isaiah 35:4-7a Psalm 146 James 2:1-17 Mark 7:24-37 Year B, Proper 18 (23), Revised Common Lectionary My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your [...]