Sadducees
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Maybe We’ll Get There — Proper 27C
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3 min read
This week’s gospel throws us into the middle of an inquisition and we need to remember that it is Jesus we’re following, not the rhetoric.
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Between Proper 24 + 25 (Year A)
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5 min read
This week, the lectionary skips over the confrontation with the Sadducees over Levirate Marriage. Another attempt to trap and discredit Jesus.
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So many husbands (Proper 27C)
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1 min read
The famous question from the Sadducees to Jesus about the resurrection is particularly haunting to modern Christians.
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Jesus and the Dishonest Questioners
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8 min read
When Jesus is confronted in Jerusalem by the Sadducees, they ask a convoluted question about the afterlife. So Jesus changes the conversation.
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In the Wilds
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5 min read
a homily for Advent 2A Text: Matthew 3:1-12 In the wilderness, a hero As our story begins, it says John “appeared in the wilderness.” Other verbs would convey motion: John walked, wandered, or made his way. Our verb “appeared” lacks motion: he was not—then he was. John appeared, like an apparition, it seems from nothing.…