God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. From 1 Corinthians 1: 17-25 (NRSV) St Paul has just been talking about the fact that preaching about the crucifixion is a massive problem to most people – to the Jewish people it was an obstacle, to the Greeks it…
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To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus,called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus…
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We were not idle when we were with you, and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it; but with toil and labour we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. From 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-10, 16-18 (NRSV) One danger of thinking that the Day of Judgement was…
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So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen…
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The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. From Apocalypse 21: 9-14 (NRSV) Many people identify Bartholomew with Nathanael whose first meeting with Jesus we hear about in the Gospel. (John 1: 45-51). He became one of the twelve people closest to…
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I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open. . From Isaiah 22: 19-23 (NRSV) The First Reading on Sundays is chosen to complement the Gospel and today we can link what Isaiah writes about with…
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Then he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. And there, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was like the sound of mighty waters; and the earth shone with his glory. From Ezekiel 43: 1-7 (NRSV) Those who are following this each day may remember…
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The Lord says this: A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to…
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The word of the Lord came to me: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep. You have not strengthened the weak, you have not healed the…
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Thus says the Lord God (to the prince of Tyre):Because you compare your mind with the mind of a god,therefore, I will bring strangers against you, the most terrible of the nations;they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendour.…Will you still say, ‘I am a god’, in the presence…
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