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Luke 1:68-79

Advent 2C

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider Has the Lectionary lost its way already on the second Sunday of the church year?  The “psalm” the Lectionary appoints for this Sunday is, after all, not actually a psalm, but the song that Zechariah sings at his son’s birth.  He was, of course, an elderly priest who was…

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Imagine

Sermon on Luke 1 by Laura Truax at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago on December 18, 2005. Used by permission of the author.

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God’s Song to Mary

Sermon on Luke 1 by Mary Hulst at the Calvin College LOFT service on December 3, 2006.

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A Favor from God

Sermon on Luke 1 by Craig Barnes at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh on December 4, 2005. Used by permission of Shadyside Presbyterian.

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Luke 1:26-38

Advent 4B

Comments and Observations: Biblical scholars call passages like Luke 1 “type scenes.”  A modern kind of “type scene” might be something like this: one evening while channel-surfing, you run across a movie already in progress.  It’s obviously a Western with two cowboys standing about thirty yards apart in the middle of a dusty street. Each…

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Luke 1:47-55

Advent 3B

Notes and Observations While this is obviously not what’s popularly called a psalm, it is Luke’s record of Mary’s song of praise to God upon learning that she’s pregnant by the Holy Spirit with Jesus.  Since it’s quite familiar to most worshipers, those who preach and teach Luke 1:47-55 may want to think about some…

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