Lectionary: Series A (543)
  1. Because God makes the rules He is free to break them when He chooses, however, God only breaks His own rules on the side of grace!
  2. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus establishes a whole new standard for what it means to live as one of His people.
  3. It is time to move on from the basics, says the Apostle. It is time to sink your teeth into some theological meat and understand He is working in those baptized into Christ.
  4. Obviously, the choice is very black and white: good or evil; life or death; blessings or curses...Unfortunately, the actions of the people will speak louder than their words.
  5. The followers of Jesus have a function to perform. When they do not perform it—that is, when they are not being themselves—the world suffers.
  6. Paul says Christian faith means confessing Jesus is Lord, beginning at the Cross, and owning the historical fact that God raised Him from the dead.
  7. There are good, God-pleasing reasons to attend a Divine Service, but worship attendance can also be an action by which we try to earn or deserve the favor and love of God. This is an ongoing struggle in every worshiping community.
  8. Our first mistake in thinking about the blessed life is we expect to experience it fully in this life.
  9. This passage, above all others, speaks most fully about Jesus as the elder brother, the firstborn, of a large family; the family of God the Father, Creator of humankind.
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