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"[A]ll who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

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Gospel Reading

Luke 18:9-14 Commentary

by Matt Skinner

This parable is deceptively simple, although its warning against contemptuousness and spiritual superiority can expose our brokenness in numerous ways.

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O.T. Reading

Sirach 35:12-17 Commentary

by Micah D. Kiel

When I was in graduate school, I heard a fellow student refer to “400 years of God’s silence” between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament.

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Alt. 1st Reading

Joel 2:23-32 Commentary

by Casey Thornburgh Sigmon

Why did God let this happen? This is the question that drives the Book of Joel.

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Psalm

Psalm 84:1-7 Commentary

by Walter C. Bouzard

Considered as a whole, Psalm 84 fits into the category of the songs of Zion (Psalms 46, 48, 76, 87, 122).

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2nd Reading

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Commentary

by Jennifer V. Pietz

It is debated whether the apostle Paul himself wrote the Second Letter to Timothy near the end of his life, or a pseudonymous author wrote it after Paul’s death as a farewell discourse or hagiographic ...

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Other People's Prayers

by Matt Skinner

October 27, 2019

Imagine if you could hear the prayers of people in your congregation.

Of course, sometimes you can, assuming the person offering them is part of a committee or a small group, and ...

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Sermon Brainwave Podcast

Sermon Brainwave #686 - Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 30)

October 27, 2019

Discussion on texts for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - Ordinary 30 (Oct. 27, 2019): (Gospel) Luke 18:9-14; (First Reading) Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; (Alternate First Reading) Sirach 35:12-17; (Semi-continuous First Reading) Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 84:1-7; (Second Reading) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for Working Preacher.

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