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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 21:23-32 Commentary
by Stanley Saunders
Matthew highlights Jesus’ authority as a central, albeit contested issue throughout the Gospel (for example, Matthew 7:28-29, 9:32-34, 12:24, 28:18).1
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Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Commentary
by Margaret Odell
"The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge."1
Exodus 17:1-7 Commentary
by Michael J. Chan
Road trips are never easy. This is something that Moses learned the hard way while journeying with Israel in the wilderness.
Psalm 25:1-9 Commentary
by Paul O. Myhre
It never ceases to amaze me how a person’s capacity to review the contours of their life decisions can adjust how they perceive the past, understand the present, or discern how to make good decisions ...
Philippians 2:1-13 Commentary
by Ekaputra Tupamahu
The Indonesian national motto is Bhineka Tunggal Ika, the Malaysian motto is Kesepanduan dalam Kebelbagaian, and the United States’ motto is E pluribus unum.
Calling a Thing What It Actually Is
by Cameron B.R. Howard
September 27, 2020
Do you know that Mahalia Jackson song, Rusty Old Halo? When I read the Gospel passage this week, I found that I couldn’t get that song out of my head.
The song was written ...
Brainwave 744: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 26A)
Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for September 27, 2020 (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - Ordinary 26A). Recorded via Zoom on August 26, 2020, for Working Preacher.