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John 18:33-37 Sermon Commentary

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Comments and Observations: He doesn’t look like a king.  More like a car accident victim.  Or someone who went one too many rounds with Rocky Balboa in the boxing ring. Whether you call this last Sunday before Advent “Christ the King Sunday” or “Reign of Christ Sunday,” there is a kind of delicious irony to…

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Psalm 132:1-18 Sermon Commentary

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Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider This psalm may seem about as relevant to 21st century worshipers as a repair manual for a Model T or instructions for preserving papyrus.  It, after all, focuses on David, who has been dead for a long time, and Zion, which no longer has the kind of meaning it…

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Revelation 1:4-8 Sermon Commentary

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Comments and Observations We have spent an entire year following the ministry of Christ and learning what it means to be followers of that Christ.  Now, on this last Sunday of the liturgical year, as we celebrate the Reign of Christ, our reading from Revelation 1 brings us face to face with Christ the King. …

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2 Samuel 23:1-7 Sermon Commentary

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Comments and Observations: The so-called “last words of David” are curiously placed.  For one thing, there is quite a bit more action involving David in the balance of even 2 Samuel.  But there will be more words and more narrative to come in also the opening portion of 1 Kings.  It’s as though the author…

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