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A Righteous Mercy
We are continuously tempted to betray Jesus’s vision of GOD for the devil’s. The Temptation’s distorted view of GOD Lent 1C | Luke 4:1-13 Son of GOD This story which we call The Temptation is one of the most important stories in the gospel of Luke. It reveals the character and recurring themes of the…
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The Trouble With Jubilee – Epiphany 4C
Notes for Epiphany 4C | Luke 4:21-30 [Note: For part 1, see Epiphany 3C] The story continues from last week, when Jesus has left his wilderness temptation alone and begun his ministry by first heading home and going to the Synagogue to preach. Let’s begin by saying that is a pretty audacious thing to do.…
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Coming Home
The Spirit which came upon him and moved him to go into the desert. Now within him. No disciples yet. Just the Spirit. Jesus returns with one heck of a sermon Epiphany 3C | Luke 4:14-21 The first sermon For as powerful as his storytelling and rhetoric is, if this is an example of Jesus’s preaching,…
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GOD is here
a Sermon for Epiphany 4C Text: Luke 4:21-30 The teacher is kicked out of school Jesus approaches the front of the synagogue, is given one of the scrolls of Isaiah and Jesus reads out: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He…
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Walking Out (Eating Scripture)
This week’s Eating Scripture was derailed by my birthday and a funeral. Hopefully your appetite is insatiable! This week, we get the second half of the Jesus preaching in the synagogue story. The first half was all sunshine and butterflies and the second is all violence and horror.There are some incredible pieces to chew on…
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Sitting Down (Eating Scripture)
Throughout Epiphany, we get these tasty hors d’oeuvres of Jesus going about fulfilling His mission. In this week’s reading from Luke, Jesus reads a pointed piece of Scripture, hands it back, and sits down. What do you think this has to do with the Jesus’s mission? A lot. Eating Scripture is a short video series…