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"Ash to Ash"

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Gospel Reading

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Commentary

by Warren Carter

The heart of this passage is found in an accurate translation of the key word in Matthew 6:1, “Beware of practicing your justice before others.”

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1st Reading

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Commentary

by Walter C. Bouzard

While gallons of interpretive ink have been spilt over the historical locus of the Prophet Joel, little can be said with certainty save that the book appears to be a post-exilic work and that it may have ...

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Psalm

Psalm 51:1-17 Commentary

by Joel LeMon

Most psalms picture the supplicant as an essentially righteous person.1

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2nd Reading

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Commentary

by Brian Peterson

The relationship between Paul and the congregation at Corinth has been strained, to say the least.

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SB527 - Ash Wednesday

March 01, 2017

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Ash Wednesdady (Mar. 1, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21; (1st Reading) Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17; (2nd Reading) 2 Corinthians 5:20b--6:10. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for WorkingPreacher.org.

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