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So [Zacchaeus] ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him.
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Gospel Reading

Luke 19:1-10 Commentary

by Ira Brent Driggers

As Jesus passes through Jericho, he comes to the end of his journey to Jerusalem. 

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1st Reading

Isaiah 1:10-18 Commentary

by Corrine Carvalho

When I come to church, I do not usually imagine God covering the divine eyes out of disgust for my worship, but this is the exact image this passage places before its readers.1

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Alt. 1st Reading

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Commentary

by Casey Thornburgh Sigmon

If you are scanning ahead to select a focus text for your sermon this week, drop everything and pick up this oft overlooked poetry from Habakkuk (I mean, how many sermons have we heard on Zacchaeus already?). ...

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Psalm 32:1-7 Commentary

by Walter C. Bouzard

Although Psalm 32 is one of seven identified by the early church as penitential psalms (also Psalms 6, 38, 51, 102, 130,143), it is actually a psalm of individual thanksgiving.1

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2nd Reading

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 Commentary

by Jin Young Choi

While the authorship of 2 Thessalonians is questioned by many scholars, interpreting the letter in light of Paul’s thought world, particularly in relation to 1 Thessalonians, is necessary for the ...

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Sermon Brainwave #688 - Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 31)

November 03, 2019

Discussion on texts for Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost - Ordinary 31 (Nov. 3, 2019). NOTE: There is a separate podcast for All Saints Sunday (SB689). Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for Working Preacher.

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