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Fifth Sunday of Easter

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Gospel Reading

John 15:1-8 Commentary

by Osvaldo Vena

Peter and John have been instruments of divine resurrection power (Acts 3).

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1st Reading

Acts 8:26-40 Commentary

by J.R. Daniel Kirk

This week we read of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. It’s a story that wasn’t supposed to happen.

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Psalm

Psalm 22:25-31 Commentary

by Eric Mathis

Anne Lamott has famously said, “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t ...

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2nd Reading

1 John 4:7-21 Commentary

by Alicia Myers

This section of 1 John is centered on the theme of “love” (agape) and “loving” (agapan).

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On Withering

by Karoline Lewis

April 29, 2018

“Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.” - John 15:6

Perspective is everything. ...

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SB603 - Fifth Sunday of Easter

April 29, 2018

Discussion on texts for Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 29, 2018): (Gospel) John 15:1-8; (First Reading) Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; (Second Reading) 1 John 4:7-21.

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