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All Saints Sunday
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 12:28-34 Commentary
by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson
There is no limit to the amount of work to be done in the church in correcting anti-Old Testament bias.
Commentary | Bible Text
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Commentary
by Juliana Claassens
The lectionary reading for this week is the Shema, the core confession of faith in the Jewish tradition: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone” (or alternatively ...
Ruth 1:1-18 Commentary
by Cameron B.R. Howard
The book of Ruth is a gritty story about poverty, loss, risk, and survival.
Psalm 119:1-8 Commentary
by Mark Throntveit
Psalm 119, the first eight verses of which is the appointed psalm for this Sunday, is the big dog of the psalter.1
Hebrews 9:11-14 Commentary
by Jennifer T. Kaalund
The text of Hebrews is replete with comparisons.
For All The Saints
by Karoline Lewis
November 04, 2018
Dear Working Preachers, again this week I am going to straddle two Sundays, All Saints Sunday and the 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Because the brief passage from the raising of ...
Sermon Brainwave #630 - Ordinary 31 (Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost)
Discussion on texts for Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Nov. 4, 2018): (Gospel) Mark 12:28-34; (First Reading) Deuteronomy 6:1-9; (Semi-continuous First Reading) Ruth 1:1-18; Psalm 119:1-8; (Second Reading) Hebrews 9:11-14. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for Working Preacher.