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Jan. 16 – Thoughts on Gen. 39-40 & Matt. 11

Is there something you want to do for God but you’re waiting for some change to come along before you do it?  “I’ll serve you, Lord, as soon as I’m done with this time-consuming project.”  “I’ll give more to church, Lord, as soon as I get that raise.”  “I’ll come to worship again, Lord, once […]

Jan. 15 – Thoughts on Gen. 36-38 & Matt. 10:21-42

The Revised Common Lectionary is a commonly used system for preaching.  For every Sunday, it gives 4 texts (OT, Psalm, Gospel, NT Letter) from which to preach.  This system repeats every 3 years, so that if you preach through it every Sunday for 3 years, you will have preached through the whole bible.  Well, almost […]

Jan. 15 – Thoughts on Gen. 36-38 & Matt. 10:21-42

The Revised Common Lectionary is a commonly used system for preaching.  For every Sunday, it gives 4 texts (OT, Psalm, Gospel, NT Letter) from which to preach.  This system repeats every 3 years, so that if you preach through it every Sunday for 3 years, you will have preached through the whole bible.  Well, almost […]

Jan. 14 – Thoughts on Gen. 33-35 & Matt. 10:1-20

The story of Dinah is a difficult one for us to read.  In our world, when a man disgraces a woman so heinously, he does not then ask for her hand in marriage.  But revenge is something we understand all too well.  Hearing that their sister was raped, her brothers, most notably Simeon and Levi, […]