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About the fifth Sunday after Pentecost: The readings for this Sunday all include an element of God’s saving work. He promises that He will save some out of the judgment in Isaiah 65, the Psalmist in Psalm 3 cries out for God to arise and save, and in Luke 8, we read a story of a man who is saved from demons. This all ties with the salvation that we have in faith that Paul is speaking about in Galatians 3.

About the fifth Sunday after Pentecost: The readings for this Sunday all include an element of God’s saving work. He promises that He will save some out of the judgment in Isaiah 65, the Psalmist in Psalm 3 cries out for God to arise and save, and in Luke 8, we read a story of a man who is saved from demons. This all ties with the salvation that we have in faith that Paul is speaking about in Galatians 3.

About 4th Sunday after Pentecost: Sin plays a big role in the theme of this day's readings, but so does forgiveness. The readings show that no matter the sin, the solution is always the same - the justifying work of Jesus Christ, not the Law which cannot utterly defeat sin, but only justification.

About 4th Sunday after Pentecost: Sin plays a big role in the theme of this day's readings, but so does forgiveness. The readings show that no matter the sin, the solution is always the same - the justifying work of Jesus Christ, not the Law which cannot utterly defeat sin, but only justification.

About Third Sunday after Pentecost - There is no escaping the theme of death vs life when reading these readings this week. We are called to look at the death that our sin deserves, but also to the life which Christ offers us through the justification of our souls by His suffering and death. We are called to consider that our natural lives are worth nothing, but that our lives that are found in Christ are worth everything because of the surpassing worth of His sacrifice for us.

About Third Sunday after Pentecost - There is no escaping the theme of death vs life when reading these readings this week. We are called to look at the death that our sin deserves, but also to the life which Christ offers us through the justification of our souls by His suffering and death. We are called to consider that our natural lives are worth nothing, but that our lives that are found in Christ are worth everything because of the surpassing worth of His sacrifice for us.

About the Fifth Sunday of Easter: God's Kingdom is revealed in a New Heaven and a New Earth in the

book of Revelation. It is described as a New Jerusalem coming down out of the heavens, where God's

dwelling place is with man. This New Jerusalem is a place where there is no separation along the usual

sinful lines that we are so used to in this world. In this New Jerusalem there shall be no bigotry, no

racism, no cruelty. Instead, the reign of the Lamb will be one of Love, and we will know it by its

revelation of the quality of love that Jesus tells His disciples about

About the Fifth Sunday of Easter: God's Kingdom is revealed in a New Heaven and a New Earth in the

book of Revelation. It is described as a New Jerusalem coming down out of the heavens, where God's

dwelling place is with man. This New Jerusalem is a place where there is no separation along the usual

sinful lines that we are so used to in this world. In this New Jerusalem there shall be no bigotry, no

racism, no cruelty. Instead, the reign of the Lamb will be one of Love, and we will know it by its

revelation of the quality of love that Jesus tells His disciples about

About the Fourth Sunday of Easter: The fourth Sunday of Easter is often called "Good Shepherd Sunday" because the readings traditionally center around the image of Jesus as a shepherd. Even in the book of Revelation, Jesus is pictured as a shepherd - here a sort of ironic shepherd, a Lamb who is a shepherd. The least of the flock, the young lamb, is pictured here as leading a great multitude of all of God's people in the last days. The realities of living in a sinful world are pictured all around those who are the flock of the Lamb, but the message of hope is clear - the realities of a sinful world will end, but the reign of the Lamb-Shepherd will not.

About the Fourth Sunday of Easter: The fourth Sunday of Easter is often called "Good Shepherd Sunday" because the readings traditionally center around the image of Jesus as a shepherd. Even in the book of Revelation, Jesus is pictured as a shepherd - here a sort of ironic shepherd, a Lamb who is a shepherd. The least of the flock, the young lamb, is pictured here as leading a great multitude of all of God's people in the last days. The realities of living in a sinful world are pictured all around those who are the flock of the Lamb, but the message of hope is clear - the realities of a sinful world will end, but the reign of the Lamb-Shepherd will not.