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Storm Over Lake Otsego, by John Steuart Curry, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. Original source: http://www.mfa.org/.

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Gospel Reading

Mark 10:35-45 Commentary

by Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman

The lectionary has been running consecutively through Mark 9 and 10 the past four weeks, but it skips 10:32-34 just before today’s lesson.

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1st Reading

Isaiah 53:4-12 Commentary

by Patricia Tull

Whereas discussion of Israel’s role as God’s servant is one of several key themes in Isaiah 40-48, a new pattern emerges with chapter 49.

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Alt. 1st Reading

Job 38:1-7 [34-41] Commentary

by Karla Suomala

Finally and dramatically, God responds to Job from a whirlwind.

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Psalm

Psalm 91:9-16 Commentary

by Matthew Stith

It is not surprising that Psalm 91 is often read, frequently set to music, and much-loved.

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2nd Reading

Hebrews 5:1-10 Commentary

by Amy L.B. Peeler

Hebrews 5:1 seems like one of those places where the chapter division might not be quite right.

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The Ability of Ableness

by Karoline Lewis

October 18, 2015

"We are able." Wow. We are so certain, aren’t we? We think we are capable of so much. We really do. And why? What is it about us that we locate our ableness in our own efforts? ...

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SB440 - Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 29)

October 18, 2015

Discussion on texts for Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 29; Oct. 18, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 10:35-45; (First Reading) Isaiah 53:4-12; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Job 38:1-7 [34-41]; Psalm 91:9-16; (Second Reading) Hebrews 5:1-10.

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