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Christ healing the crippled woman who was bent over, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. Original source: Collection of J. Patout Burns and Robin M. Jensen.

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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Gospel Reading

Luke 13:10-17 Commentary

by Emerson Powery

In Luke’s narrative, two scenes of Jesus’ teaching sandwiches this account of healing and controversy with religious leaders.

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1st Reading

Isaiah 58:9b-14 Commentary

by Brian C. Jones

Isaiah 56–66, so-called Third Isaiah, addresses the post-exilic community struggling to make a new life in Jerusalem during the 530s and 520s BCE.

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Jeremiah 1:4-10 Commentary

by Alphonetta Wines

Most prophetic books provide little or no information about the life of the prophet.

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Psalm 103:1-8 Commentary

by Nancy deClaissé-Walford

Psalm 103 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm in which a single voice praises God for goodness to or on behalf of that individual, usually for deliverance from some trying situation. ...

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2nd Reading

Hebrews 12:18-29 Commentary

by Erik Heen

Today’s second reading is the third of four consecutive readings from Hebrews.

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The Law of Love

by David Lose

August 25, 2013

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There are two sides to every story, and that includes this one. Maybe especially this one. So one way to preach a meaningful sermon on this week’s ...

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Brainwave 309 - Lectionary Texts for August 25, 2013

August 25, 2013

Join Profs. Karoline Lewis, Rolf Jacobson, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 21): Luke 13:10-17; Isaiah 58:9b-14; Jeremiah 1:4-10 (Semicontinuous); Psalm 103:1-8; Hebrews 12:18-29

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