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Jesus was not born in a stable—and it really does matter!
What do you find most irritating about this time of year? The drawing in of dark and cold nights? The hideous adoption of that consumerist import 'Black Friday'? People putting up Christmas trees when ...
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Is Luke 21 about the Second Coming—or something else?
Advent is once more upon us (pun intended!), and with it comes two sets of confusion: the idea that Advent is the ...
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Is Luke 21 about the Second Coming—or something else? video discussion
The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Advent 1 in Year C is Luke 21.25–36, from this gospel’s version of what is often ...
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What are Jesus’ ‘new wineskins’—structures or people?
In all three Synoptic gospels, Jesus concludes a conversation about the contrast between his teaching and practice and that ...
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James Blandford Baker
The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Advent 1 in Year C is Luke 21.25–36, from this gospel’s version of what is often called the ‘Little Apocalypse’. As usual, we need to read on to put this text ...
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John 18
This Sunday, the last of the liturgical year, is Christ the king, and comes immediately before Advent. It is a slightly odd festival, since one of the key themes of Advent is not the anticipation of ...