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Simone Martini. St. Martin and the Beggar, from the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Italy. Creative Commons image by jimforest on Flickr. Sourced from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. Original source.

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Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

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Gospel Reading

Matthew 5:38-48 Commentary

by Karoline Lewis

This section of the Sermon on the Mount is a more than fitting text for the final Sunday in Epiphany.

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1st Reading

Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Commentary

by Cameron B.R. Howard

The book of Leviticus is a minefield full of topics that nobody wants to talk about in church: animal sacrifice, blood-sprinkling, moldy walls, oozing sores, gashed flesh, “a swelling or an eruption ...

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Psalm

Psalm 119:33-40 Commentary

by Jason Byassee

Reading Psalm 119, one can appreciate why Jesus’ contemporaries objected to his ambivalence about the law.

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2nd Reading

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Commentary

by J.R. Daniel Kirk

Whom should you follow and why?

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Be Perfect

by Karoline Lewis

February 19, 2017

I am a perfectionist. I know this about myself and people have rarely hesitated to confirm it. Yet, typical advice to me usually goes something like this: “stop being such ...

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SB525 - Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

February 19, 2017

Discussion on Revised Common Lectionary texts for Seventh Sunday after Epiphany (Feb. 19, 2017): (Gospel) Matthew 5:38-48; (1st Reading) Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; Psalm 119:33-40; (2nd Reading) 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for WorkingPreacher.org.

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