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Acts 3:12-19

Easter 3B

Similar to what Jesus taught him and the other disciples at the end of Luke 24 (the Gospel lection for this same week in the Year B Lectionary), Peter in Acts 3 suggests that the healing of the crippled beggar—who was even then still hanging on Peter’s pant leg—is less a startling, previously unheard-of event…

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Acts 4:32-35

Easter 2B

Comments and Observations Acts 4 is enough to break your heart. Was it really true at the earliest stage of the Christian community that the believers were completely one in heart and mind?  Did they really share absolutely everything even as they fell adoringly and reverently at the feet of the apostles, hanging on their…

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The Risks of Truth-Telling

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Not Every Spirit

A sermon preached for Pentecost at Eastern Avenue CRC, Grand Rapids, MI on May 27, 2007.

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Acts 19:1-7

Epiphany 1B

Although this reading from Acts 19 may initially seem an odd selection for the church’s celebration of the Baptism of Jesus, it is actually very fitting.  For one thing, it is a sequel to the Gospel reading for today, the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist as told in Mark 1.  Here in our…

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