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The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Hebrews 2:9-11 But We See Jesus… But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, […]
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 9:38-50 Live Your Life— In Jesus’ Name! “Teacher,” said John, “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for […]
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 9:30-37 Make It Your Goal to Have the Faith of a Child! They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and […]
The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
James 2:1-5, 8-10, 14-18 Seeing is Believing! My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good […]
The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 35:4-7a Be Strong! Do Not Fear! Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.” Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and […]