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"What woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?"
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Gospel Reading

Luke 15:1-10 Commentary

by Amanda Brobst-Renaud

Luke 15 begins with the ever-present concern for the company one keeps.

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1st Reading

Exodus 32:7-14 Commentary

by Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

“I used to think that God never changes,” said one of my seminary students a few years back, “and then I read the Old Testament.”

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Alt. 1st Reading

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Commentary

by Tyler Mayfield

This reading is the fourth of six consecutive weeks of lectionary readings from the book of Jeremiah.

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Psalm

Psalm 51:1-10 Commentary

by Rolf Jacobson

Liturgical context can make all the difference in how a biblical texts sounds, in how it is interpreted, and in how it may be preached.

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2nd Reading

1 Timothy 1:12-17 Commentary

by Benjamin Fiore, S.J.

Teaching morality by proposing striking contrasts has long been an effective strategy, as for example in the Jewish Two Ways moral instruction.

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Lost and Found

by Karoline Lewis

September 15, 2019

Dear Working Preachers, it is good to be back. After five years, 1000 words a week, I sensed a need for a break, in part to work on some writing projects simmering on the proverbial ...

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Sermon Brainwave Podcast

Sermon Brainwave #680 - Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 24)

September 15, 2019

Discussion on texts for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Ordinary 24 (Sept. 15, 2019): (Gospel) Luke 15:1-10; (First Reading) Exodus 32:7-14; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 51:1-10; (Second Reading) 1 Timothy 1:12-17. Recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn., for Working Preacher.

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