Prayers of the Church, November 3: All Saints’ Sunday Revelation 7: 2-17 (An angel seals the righteous. Blessing, honor, glory, power to the Lamb!) ELW/RCL: Isaiah 25:6-9 (The feast;…
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“The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and they will throw them…
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“So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age” (Matthew 13:40). There are people who will refuse…
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“nd the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one; and…
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“Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” And…
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“This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the…
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“All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them without a parable” (Matthew 13:34). The Lord has a reason for everything. …
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“He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened” (Matthew…
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“MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU” The first time I began to really understand and value Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians was during my second year of seminary. It…
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“He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than…
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