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John 6:25-59 Sermon Commentary

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Sample Sermon: Never Go Hungry; A sermon on John 6:24-35 John 6:24-35: Never Go Hungry: Proper 13B ** Note: The Year B Common Lectionary devotes no fewer than five summertime Sundays to a slow trek through John 6.   Because lots of similar themes weave through the various textual chunks as divided by the RCL, this…

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Psalm 51:1-12 Sermon Commentary

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Psalm 51 is what Old Testament scholar James Mays calls a “liturgy of the broken heart.” Like so many of the psalms, it’s a prayer of someone who’s in deep trouble. Here, however, the psalmist doesn’t complain to God about God or other people causing that trouble. He admits he alone has caused the trouble…

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Ephesians 4:1-16 Sermon Commentary

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Comments and Observations “A great man,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, “is a man who draws a larger circle around what we think is possible.”  If that’s true, then Paul was a great man, because he drew a larger circle around the Christian church than anyone would have ever thought possible.  Of course, Paul would (and…

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2 Samuel 11 Sermon Commentary

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See the OT commentary for 12B which covers both weeks: https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2015-07-20/2-samuel-11/

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