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Matthew 10:40-42

In June of 2005, U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell and SEAL Team 10 were assigned to a mission to kill or capture Ahmad Shah a high-ranking Taliban leader responsible for killings in eastern Afghanistan and the Hindu-Kush mountains. Local sheepherders stumbled upon the team and ended up betraying the SEALS to local Taliban militia, and a horrific gun-battle ensued. Marcus was the only survivor. Badly wounded, he managed to walk and crawl seven miles to evade capture. He was mira

Libby Tedder Hugus

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Genesis 22:1-14

I am mindful we now are living in – we pray we are living through – straightened circumstances, the like of which few if any of us have experienced previously. We well may be discovering within ourselves a need, or at least a longing, for an appearance of a messenger (angel) of Yahweh in something like the immediacy of the Akedah (“binding”) event we ponder in this lectionary portion. Of course, Abraham and Isaac’s encounter cannot be repeated; we would not wish it to be. Yet

Joseph Coleson

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Romans 6:12-23

In Romans 6, we find Paul dealing with the struggle of life in the overlap between two ages, two modes of existence. Christ died and has risen: New life in a new age has begun. Yet, the old life in the old age continues. As followers of Christ, we must live in both ages at once, and often we struggle to live the new life in the old age. We struggle with temptation; we struggle with sin. In Christ, God has brought us a great distance, but we have not quite arrived. Reflections

J. Eddie Ellis

5 min read

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

“I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD, I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones. O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of you

Aaron Bolerjack

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The Fourth Week of December

Because of Jesus’s suffering on earth, we are not alone in our suffering.

Addison Gildner

Dec 22, 20257 min read

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Acts 1:6-14

Leader Guide Participant Handout Lesson Focus: If we want to participate in the work that Jesus is doing in our world, bringing about the Kingdom of God, then we must pray and wait for God’s Spirit to empower us and send us out. Catching up on the story: Jesus has died, and has risen from the dead. In Luke he has appeared to the disciples, explaining and teaching more things to them. Jesus has ordered them to say in Jerusalem so that they might wait for the gift that the Fath

Jason Buckwalter

May 117 min read

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Ascension / Seventh Sunday of Easter

Call to Worship: Psalm 93 One: Alleluia! Christ is Risen!+ Many: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! One: The Lord is King; he has put on splendid apparel; the Lord has put on his apparel and girded himself with strength. Many: He has made the whole world so sure that it cannot be moved; One: Ever since the world began, your throne has been established; you are from everlasting. Many: The waters have lifted up, O Lord, the waters have lifted up their voice; the waters have lift

Brent Neely

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