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Lazarus waiting at the door, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. Original source

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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Gospel Reading

Luke 16:19-31 Commentary

by Barbara Rossing

Unique to Luke is the story of the rich man and Lazarus.

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1st Reading

Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Commentary

by Rolf Jacobson

The Old Testament reading of this Sunday is from the prophet Amos, as it was last Sunday.1

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Alt. 1st Reading

Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 Commentary

by Alphonetta Wines

It is said that hope springs eternal.

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Psalm

Psalm 146 Commentary

by Wil Gafney

Psalm 146 lacks any evidence of context enabling the reader to hear it in her own time and place.

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2nd Reading

1 Timothy 6:6-19 Commentary

by A.K.M. Adam

The lesson today skips over the extensive discussion of roles in the church and takes up (after a denunciation of those who teach false doctrine, revisiting a topic from the beginning of chapter 4) the ...

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The Bosom Of Abraham

by Karoline Lewis

September 25, 2016

Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
Rock-a-my soul in the bosom of Abraham,
Oh, rock-a-my soul.

You know that old African American ...

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SB502 - Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 26)

September 25, 2016

Discussion on texts for Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 26) (Sept. 25, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 16:19-31; (First Reading) Amos 6:1a, 4-7; (Alternate First Reading) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; Psalm 146; (Second Reading) 1 Timothy 6:6-19.

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