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Mark 3:20-35 Sermon Commentary

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There is an old saying that sometimes a person “can’t see the forest for the trees.” The idea is that sometimes we become so wrapped up in one thing that we lose sight of the larger picture. Sometimes this can be humorous. So on a TV show you may see a man who is obsessed…

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Psalm 138 Sermon Commentary

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Psalm 138 is a psalm of praise to God for deliverance from some kind of trouble.  Its content suggests the psalmist’s enemies have done all they can to silence that praise.  However, the psalmist remains utterly determined.  Perhaps his foes’ opposition has even made him more determined than ever to praise God with “all of…

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2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Sermon Commentary

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This is the second Sunday of what the church has traditionally called Ordinary Time.  The label is misleading.  It doesn’t mean that the next 6 months of the liturgical are just ordinary days, devoid of anything special, dull time, boring time, time to be endured.  This is called ordinary time because the church gives each…

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1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) Sermon Commentary

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Growing up, Samuel had watched the old priest Eli behave like Milquetoast vis-à-vis his wretched offspring, Hophni and Phineas.  Probably even as a young boy that sad spectacle was enough to make Samuel shake his head in disbelief and disgust.   Eli was such a nice guy—how in the world had he raised two boys so…

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