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Advent 4A Sermon Commentary

 

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Matthew 1:18-25 Sermon Commentary

Advent 4A

Suppose that one day you were reading a story in which an elderly woman is talking to her pregnant granddaughter. “Now listen, my dear,” the old woman says, “I would ask that you name this child after your grandfather and so give him the name Nelson.” Suppose the young woman agrees. “OK, Grandma, his name…

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Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Sermon Commentary

Advent 4A

On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, just a week away from Christmas, it is easy to imagine those shepherds already in the fields keeping watch over their sheep, completely unaware of what is going to happen to them in just a few days. But we can’t go there yet.  It is not Christmas yet; it’s…

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Romans 1:1-7 Sermon Commentary

Advent 4A

“To God’s beloved ones in Rome.”  Such a simple, such a commonplace way to open a letter.  We read such a salutation in all of the New Testament’s many epistles.   And it’s easy to breeze right past it, hurry on by to get to the meat of the letter, the real important stuff about the…

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Isaiah 7:10-16 Sermon Commentary

Advent 4A

Human life is full of signs.  A number painted on metal rectangle indicates the legal speed limit on a road or highway.  Twin golden arches are a sign of the culinary paradise that awaits you at the next exit. Yet once you leave a highway, you find even more signs: A figure with pants on…

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