Tag: Evangelism
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Sundays After Pentecost, Year A, 2023 – Gospel Passage: Old Fashioned Evangelism; being called to it
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples,…
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Season after Pentecost (Proper 6 [11]) : The Gospel Passage – Spreading the Word
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.” (Matthew 9:35) According to the gospel of Matthew, Jesus had just completed a series of healings, and was setting out to see and spread his ministry to…
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Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Gospel Passage – Jesus prays, and we are drawn in
“After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they…
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Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Substituted Acts Passage – A time for pondering and a time for acting
I know a secret. This week is the Day of the Ascension of the Lord. It is a minor big deal in the life of the church. Not quite Pentecost, but right up there – as it were. The time after Jesus’ resurrection and before his ascension is the interval of time when Jesus gave…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter: The Substituted Old Testament Passage – Wonders & Signs being performed
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.” (Acts 2:42- 43) “Wonders and signs” – I dearly wish I knew what the writer of Acts meant by that. I (or you)…
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First Sunday After Epiphany: The Gospel and Psalm Passage – Grounded in God and Praising the Lord
Finishing what seems like a very long week. In real time, that is the actual dates I sit down to write, it is almost a week before you are reading this beloved reader. Working that out on the calendar, it is the first day of the New Year as I sit in contemplation about the…
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Season After Pentecost: The Gospel Passage – The realities of this life and the life to come, and the lessons therein
“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.”…
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Season After Pentecost: The Old Testament Passage – Going and speaking in the Lord God
“Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a…
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Season After Pentecost: The Epistles Passage – What value is placed?
“By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because…
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Season After Pentecost: The Epistles Passage – Paul’s “tender” side
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” (Colossians 2:6-7) It is interesting to read the epistles and try to figure out if they were living according to…
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