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Deuteronomy 9:1–9:7, Psalm 36, Romans 5:20–6:11 You have been trouble from the beginning of this! Moses’ long good-bye speech (all of Deuteronomy) is a summary of God, God’s message, God’s calling, and Israel’s past, current, and future response. It’s not pretty. We can often look…

In the Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (11th Ed), (1) a legacy is a gift of personal money or personal property, (2) something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor. What a dry way to kill a legacy. Abraham had plenty of personal property and…

Psalm 68, Genesis 28:10-22, Hebrews 11:13-22 How often do we look at the world asking, "what's wrong with the world today?" How often do we look around ourselves asking, "what's wrong with everyone?" How often do we look at ourselves in the mirror asking, "what's…

Psalm 103, 1 Samuel 4:1-22, Isaiah 43:14-25 Imagine being someplace you've never been and driving down the road only looking at the rear-view mirror. Your peripheral vision would catch some of the more dangerous things, but you would miss a lot. All too often we…

Luke:1:46b-55, James 5:7-10, Hebrews 12:1-2 Mary’s song/poem of praise is often called the Magnificat in the Protestant/Roman Catholic tradition, or the Ode of the Theotokos (Bearer of God) in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. It is a joy-filled response to God by Mary that appears to…