"Zacchaeus (Misereor Hunger Cloth - Ethiopia)," Alemayehu Bizuneh. Used by permission from the artist.
Image © by Alemayehu Bizuneh. Artwork held in the Luther Seminary Fine Arts Collection, St. Paul, Minn.
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
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Luke 19:1-10 Commentary
by David Lose
How you read and preach this familiar story about Jesus and Zacchaeus hinges almost entirely on how you answer one interpretative question:
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Isaiah 1:10-18 Commentary
by Corrine Carvalho
When I come to church, I do not usually imagine God covering the divine eyes out of disgust for my worship, but this is the exact image this passage places before its readers.
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Commentary
by Richard W. Nysse
The heading for the book of Habakkuk reads: “The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.”
Psalm 32:1-7 Commentary
by J. Dwayne Howell
Psalm 32 is one of the Penitential Psalms (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143).
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 Commentary
by Erick J. Thompson
In 2 Thessalonians, after the greeting, the author writes, “we must always give thanks.”
Salvation Today
by Karoline Lewis
October 30, 2016
“Today salvation has come to this house.” Mic drop.
But, of course, not everyone is happy when salvation shows up. Good news for some is not necessarily good news for ...
SB508 - Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 31)
Discussion on texts for Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 31) (Oct. 30, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 19:1-10; (First Reading) Isaiah 1:10-18; (Alternate First Reading) Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 32:1-7; (Second Reading) 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12.