Commentary on 4th Sun of Lent (C) 6.03.2016
Sunday, 06 March 2016
TEXT — Luke. 15: 1–32 — Three parables — lost sheep; lost coin; two sons Setting 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: Lost
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Commentary on 3rd Sun of Lent (C) 28.02.2016
Friday, 26 February 2016
TEXT – Luke 13: 01–09 – Necessity of repentance The Galileans 1 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they
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Commentary on 1st Sun of Lent (C), 14 th Feb 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
TEXT – Luke 04: 01–13 – Three Temptations Wilderness 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit 2 for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry. First Temptation
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Commentary on 5th Sunday of the year (C), 7th February 2016
Saturday, 06 February 2016
TEXT — Luke 05: 01–11 — Miraculous Catch of Fish Setting for Jesus’ Teaching 1 While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes’aret. 2 And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were
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Commentary on 4th Sunday of the year (C), 31st January 2016
Saturday, 30 January 2016
TEXT — Luke 04: 21–30 — Congregation confused and perplexed at Jesus’ sermon Reaction to Jesus’ Sermon 21 And he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. 22 And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; Objection to
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Commentary on 3rd Sunday of the year (C), 24th January 2016
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Introduction to the Sunday Reading. The Gospel for this Sunday contains two passages, not related or directly connected. The first is the Prologue to Luke’s writings (Lk. 1: 1-4), the second (Lk. 4: 14-21) which gives the first recorded words in this Gospel. TEXT – Luke 1: 1-4 – Prologue to Luke’s Gospel
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Commentary on 2nd Sunday of the year (C), 17th January 2016
Saturday, 16 January 2016
TEA — Text, Explanation, Application TEXT — John 2 1–12 — The Wedding Feast at Cana Setting 1 On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; 2 Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. Mary Intervenes 3 When the wine failed,
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Commentary on Baptism of the Lord, 10th January 2016
Friday, 08 January 2016
TEXT – Luke 3: 15–16; 21–22 — Baptism of the Lord John’s Testimony 15 As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, 16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the
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Commentary on Epiphany, 6th January 2016
Monday, 04 January 2016
TEXT — Matthew 2:1–12 — The Three Wise Men Wise Men arrive 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen
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Commentary on 5th Sun of Lent C 13.03.2016