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Matthew 14:22-33

Proper 14A

If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. That was the title some years back of a popular book written by John Ortberg.  And the title reflects what is doubtless the most common “take” on this story.  Over and again this well-known story comes to mean something like…

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Matthew 14:13-21

Proper 13A

John the Baptist was the last great Old Testament prophet and the first great New Testament herald of the Gospel.  He is a unique figure, a pivotal figure, a figure very nearly without parallel in the history of redemption. And yet he dies because of a stupid, senseless, lusty, and boozy blank check promise made…

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Matthew 14:22-33

Proper 14A

If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. That was the title some years back of a popular book written by John Ortberg.  And the title reflects what is doubtless the most common “take” on this story.  Over and again this well-known story comes to mean something like…

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Matthew 14:13-21

Proper 13A

John the Baptist was the last great Old Testament prophet and the first great New Testament herald of the Gospel. And yet he dies because of a stupid, senseless, lusty, and boozy blank check promise made by Herod to a young girl whose provocative dancing had clearly stirred him on more than one level.  John…

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