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210 Thanksgiving Day/Year B that God is ultimately righteous and trustworthy, and is intended to empower the community to live faithfully in the present. All Saints’ Day is an excellent occasion for the preacher to help the congregation remember some of its own members (and people beyond) who typify the qualities of the righteous in Wisdom 3:1–9. The passage from Wisdom is read with Revelation 21:1–6a and John 11:32–44, neither of which directly draws from this text. Thanksgiving Day/Year B Joel 2:21–27 Please see Proper 25/Year C for commentary on this reading.
Year C First Sunday of Advent/Year C Jeremiah 33:14–16 The text for today is from Jeremiah’s prophecy during the Babylonian exile. Jeremiah 33:1–9 indicates that Jerusalem, destroyed by Babylonian siege, will be rebuilt and made secure and prosperous. Jeremiah 31:10–11 pledges that life in the land, including in the world of nature, will regenerate. Jeremiah 31:12–13 looks forward to the renewal of flocks. Jeremiah 33:14–16 adds to these salvation oracles the promise that God will fulfill the promises made to Judah and Israel, the reunited nation, by causing a righteous branch to spring up from David. The key is that this branch (a ruler) “will execute justice and righteousness in the land”; the monarch will guide the community in living according to the stipulations of the covenant. The righteous branch will not tolerate injustice and will insist on righteousness from the priests and prophets and from other members of the community. The emphasis is less on the personal identity of the monarch and more on the covenantal qualities of his rule (Jer. 33:15). Such leadership could save Judah from reverting to the conditions that led to exile, and the community will live in safety (33:16a). Indeed, the renewed community will be called “The LORD is our righteousness,” a name that bespeaks the fact that the community lives according to God’s values for living rightly (33:16b). The sermon might ask the congregation to think about leaders—of the city, state, and nation, in the worlds of business and education, and yes, even the church. To what degree are such leaders today more like the corrupt 211
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Contents Introduction xiii Year A F
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Contents ix Third Sunday of Advent/
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Contents xi Ash Wednesday/Year C 22
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Introduction This volume is a compa
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Introduction xv Preachers and congr
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Introduction xvii than fifty-five O
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ut then the lectionary departs from
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Introduction xxi As noted previousl
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2 Second Sunday of Advent/Year A an
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4 Third Sunday of Advent/Year A We
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6 Fourth Sunday of Advent/Year A Is
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8 Christmas Day 1/Years A, B, and C
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10 Christmas Day 3/Years A, B, and
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12 First Sunday after Christmas Day
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14 Epiphany of the Lord/Years A, B,
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16 First Sunday after the Epiphany/
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18 Second Sunday after the Epiphany
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20 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany/
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22 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany/
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24 Seventh Sunday after the Epiphan
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26 Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
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28 Last Sunday after the Epiphany/Y
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30 Ash Wednesday/Years A, B, and C
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32 First Sunday in Lent/Year A had
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34 Third Sunday in Lent/Year A Sara
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36 Fourth Sunday in Lent/Year A 8:1
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38 Palm/Passion Sunday/Years A, B,
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40 Good Friday/Year A name” being
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42 Easter Day/Year A the power to r
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44 Trinity Sunday/Year A in Egypt.
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46 Proper 4 [9]/Year A cosmic world
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48 Proper 5 [10]/Year A immediately
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50 Proper 6 [11]/Year A God does no
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52 Proper 6 [11]/Year A Law and sto
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54 Proper 8 [13]/Year A referring t
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56 Proper 8 [13]/Year A deeper fait
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58 Proper 9 [14]/Year A would give
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60 Proper 10 [15]/Year A case, howe
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62 Proper 10 [15]/Year A This text
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64 Proper 11 [16]/Year A 10/Year A)
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68 Proper 12 [17]/Year A At a well
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78 Proper 16 [21]/Year A The story
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82 Proper 17 [22]/Year A Hebrew mea
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94 Proper 21 [26]/Year A Ezekiel 18
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100 Proper 23 [28]/Year A Moses has
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102 Proper 24 [29]/Year A Israel, n
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104 Proper 24 [29]/Year A The Lord
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106 Proper 25 [30]/Year A Moses “
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108 Proper 26 [31]/Year A to work i
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110 Proper 27 [32]/Year A Proper 27
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112 Proper 27 [32]/Year A Amos 5:18
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114 Proper 28 [33]/Year A the commu
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116 Proper 28 [33]/Year A The sermo
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118 Proper 29 [34]/Year A Today’s
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120 Thanksgiving Day/Year A etc.”
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The Gospel reading for today does n
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Fourth Sunday in Lent/Year B Number
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Fifth Sunday in Lent/Year B 147 the
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While we do not think that God is t
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practices of the culture? And at wh
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For other allusions to Genesis 3, s
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Proper 17 [22]/Year C 265 Jeremiah
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Proper 20 [25]/Year C 271 Jeremiah
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Jeremiah offers a model that has so
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Proper 25 [30]/Year C 281 read: “
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Proper 27 [32]/Year C Haggai 1:15b-
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Proper 27 [32]/Year C 285 friends,
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294 Notes 14. Janzen, Genesis 12-50
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296 Notes 72. Ibid., 102-3, 188-92.
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Bibliography African American Spiri
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Bibliography 301 Williamson, Clark
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304 Index of Passages in Canonical
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