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Epiphany 7A Sermon Commentary

 

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Matthew 5:38-48 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 7A

Compared to any number of you reading this sermon commentary, I’ve had it easy in life so far.  My “enemies” (such as I’ve had them) have not exactly risen to headline-grabbing people who kidnap children, rape women, or kill other people.  Still, I’ve been hurt by others and even harder to take, I’ve seen people…

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Psalm 119:33-40 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 7A

Psalm 119 asserts again and again (almost ad infinitum) that the Law of God is the source of joy and delight, because it gives life and light.  But that’s not how the Law feels to most of us most of the time.  And, as we saw last week, that’s not how Paul talks about the…

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1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 7A

The wonder of grace.  That is what this brief passage is all about.  At the end of these verses Paul once again loops back to previously sounded themes about the wisdom of the world versus the apparent foolishness of the cross.  He also hits for a third time the silliness of the Corinthians in balkanizing…

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Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Sermon Commentary

Epiphany 7A

If you can’t remember the last sermon or lesson that you preached, taught or heard on a text from the book of Leviticus, you’re not alone.  Even most of the preachers and teachers I know who are committed to communicating the Scriptures’ full truth seem reluctant to talk about Leviticus.  By appointing just one text…

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