I have seen the business that God has given to everyone to be busy with. He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover, he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. From Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11,…
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Is there a thing of which it is said, ‘See, this is new’?It has already been, in the ages before us.The people of long ago are not remembered, nor will there be any remembranceof people yet to come by those who come after them. From Ecclesiastes: 1:2-11, NRSV This message from the author of Ecclesiastes…
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Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Do not add to his words, or else he will rebuke you, and you will be found a liar. From Proverbs 30:5-9, NRSV Before the invention of printing, it was not unheard of for a scribe to add some…
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All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. From Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13, NRSV Today’s Old Testament reading comes from the Book of Proverbs (or Book of Solomon). The word proverb in English leads us to think of short,…
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The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to…
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For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. From Isaiah 55:6-9 NRSV The prophet Isaiah is speaking to all who will listen to encourage them to repent of their sins and to seek God’s forgiveness. It is probable that many would…
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The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. From 1 Corinthians…
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For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some.…
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Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; but anyone who loves God is known by him. From 1 Corinthians 8: 1-7, 11-13 (NRSV) Paul continues his response to the questions and concerns of the Christian community at Corinth. The issue today concerns…
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I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions, and those…
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