A sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent, December 8, 2024. The scriptures are Baruch 5:1-9, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6, and Canticle 4 or 16. Today’s scriptures ask us to prepare ourselves for the coming of God. They invite us to make ready, to allow God, in the words...
In His preaching at the Sermon on the Mount, Christ gave His disciples what are termed the Beatitudes. Among those Beatitudes, Christ taught this, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5). Meekness is not a lack of strength or weakness, rather it is power...
(24)With what measure ye mete.--See Note onMatthew 7:2. The proverb furnishes a good illustration of what has just been said as to our Lord's method of presenting the same truth under different aspects. In the Sermon on the Mount it appears as the law of retribution, which brings par...
The prophet Muhammad counsels men and women in the use of fragrance: men should bath and perfume themselves for the Friday sermon at the mosque; women may use perfume at their homes but not at the mosque; and men and women can perfume themselves during sexual intimacy (Thurkill2009). It ...
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This exhortationwas in the sermon connected to the introduction of the Reformation. It is arguedthat in the same manner as the king punishes evil bailiffs (fogder), he should alsosupervise bishops and clergy in his country when they neglect their duties, primar-ily the preaching of the Word...
The reference to a similar night two years prior adds a great longing/nostalgia. I noticed how many of your sentences start with “I” – not sure if you used the repetition on purpose or if it would be worth switching up some of the sentence structure to add variety. Either way, this...
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