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John 9:1-41

The gospel lesson for this week is one of movement. From the very first scene, “as he walked along…,” to the very last, when the formerly-blind man has been “driven out” and Jesus comes to him, the text is filled with motion. The physical motion of the text is reflected in the dialogue of the characters. For as the formerly-blind man and the Pharisees/Jews talk, the text traces trajectories of movement in their responses to the man, Jesus, and what he had done in, to, and for

Tim Hahn

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1 Samuel 16:1-13

David’s heart was his primary qualification for leadership. It was not his height, his appearance, his age, or even his status in the family. Eliab had those qualities. Samuel could see that. But God “does not look at the things people look at … the LORD looks on the heart” (v 7). David undoubtedly had some natural gifts for leadership. But he possessed the most important quality of the kind of heart for which God looked. The Hebrew term “heart” (leb) names that aspect of h

James Edlin

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Ephesians 5:8-14

I don’t know about you, but I often think of Ephesians as the book between Galatians and Philippians. Galatians and Philippians are these Pauline pillars; written to specific peoples for specific reasons. Galatians and Philippians criticize and uplift with such precision. They give us passages we couldn’t forget if we tried; the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 and the Kenosis hymn in Philippians 4. Were I composing the order of our Canon, I don’t know that I’d place Ephesi

Danny Quanstrom

4 min read

Psalm 23

Preparing to begin, my first thought was, “What can I say to this audience about the Twenty-Third Psalm?” If we memorized Old Testament passages when we were youngsters, Psalm 23 probably was one of them. W. Phillip Keller’s A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 was first published almost fifty years ago, and has sold more than 2 million copies. Most ministers know Keller, if only in broad outline. (Some of his insights do not apply to shepherding in the Holy Land, but the volume rema

Joseph Coleson

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Romans 5:1-11

We have peace with God because we have been granted continued access to God’s presence so that we might grow in grace.

Jason Buckwalter

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Call to Worship: Charles Wesley One: Blessed be God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. + Many: And blessed be God's Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. One: O God, you called us by name to come, and we respond with delight and gladness Many: In joyful obedience, we come to worship our God. One: Rising out of the depths of despair, we gratefully gather for worship. Many: In joyful hope, we come to worship our loving God. One: Our God had given us a new song of praise to sing to our Aw

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