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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But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some…
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If we have hoped in Christ for this life only , we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. From 1 Corinthians 15: 12-20, NRSV Although naturalists are finding evidence that some species of animals recognise…
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Last of all… Christ appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me has not been in vain. From 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11,…
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For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. From 1 Corinthians 12: 31 – 13:13, NRSV For many of us, as soon as we hear the words “if I…
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Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. From 1…
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