Tag: controversy

Annotated Scripture Passages 

March 3, 2024January 28, 2024

Mark 12:28-44

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“you are not far from the kingdom of God”
NL 234
March 10, 2024

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March 3, 2024January 29, 2024

Joshua 17

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“the Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our male kin”

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February 25, 2024January 20, 2024

John 2:13-22

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“he also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables”
Third Sunday in Lent B
March 3, 2024

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February 25, 2024January 20, 2024

Mark 12:1-17

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“they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed”
NL 233
March 3, 2024

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February 7, 2024January 1, 2024

Isaiah 58:1-12

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“…to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke”
Ash Wednesday ABC
February 14, 2024

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

February 7, 2024January 1, 2024

Mark 9:30-37

Posted By: RevElana 0 Comment betrayal, children, controversy, death, discipleship, fear, hospitality, humility, messiah, pride, resurrection, secret, service, teaching

“whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me”
NL 230
February 14, 2024

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

February 4, 2024December 23, 2023

Mark 8:27-9:8

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“who do people say that I am?”
NL 229
February 11, 2024

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February 4, 2024December 23, 2023

Luke 7:24-35

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“what did you go out into the wilderness to look at?”
Transfiguration of the Lord – A Women’s Lectionary
February 11, 2024

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February 4, 2024December 28, 2023

Romans 16

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“our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae”

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Annotated Scripture Passages 

January 28, 2024December 15, 2023

1 Corinthians 9:1-10

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“you shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain”
A Women’s Lectionary – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany B
February 4, 2024

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