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• The Lectionary Gospel

  Luke 21:5-19

  Author: Scott Hoezee

  Talk about the end of the world and everybody gets interested.  The disciples were, too, when Jesus predicted some apocalyptic events.  “Well,” they asked with faces a shade paler than they had been moments before, “when will… More...

• Old Testament Lectionary

  Isaiah 65:17-25

  Author: Stan Mast

  I love how the Lectionary brings the church year to a close.  Next Sunday, of course, is the celebration of the reign of Christ the King.  This Sunday we get a dramatic vision of the completion of… More...

• The Lectionary Psalms

  Psalm 98

  Author: Scott Hoezee

  Reading Psalm 98 is like uncorking a well shook-up bottle of champagne.  The cork rockets upward and the bubbly inside the bottle fountains forth in exuberance.  We’ve all seen those locker rooms after a team wins the… More...

• Lectionary Epistle

  2 Thessalonians 3:6-18

  Author: Chelsey Harmon

  Why were people in Thessalonica not wanting to work? Was it because they figured that Jesus was returning soon, or had already returned? Was it because things were a bit desperate after a famine in the area?… More...

• En Español

  Colosenses 2.11-19

  Author: Leopoldo Cervantes-Ortiz

  …y despojando a los principados y a las potestades, los exhibió públicamente, triunfando sobre ellos en la cruz. Colosenses 2.15, RVR 1960 Trasfondo bíblico La reiterada mención de San Pablo de los “principados y potestades” inicia con… More...