Lessons: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 It is the end of the church year and, as is always the case, we bring these liturgical 365 days to a close with the Feast of Christ the King. Now, what is unusual about this particular Feast Day, about this particular “always,” is thatContinue reading “The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 93 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 We are in the bustle and the heat that is Jerusalem, the most distant and forgotten corner of the Roman Empire. Inside the headquarters of the occupying forces, Pontius Pilate sits at his desk. Pilate is thirty-five years old. He is a mid-level government bureaucratContinue reading “Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 95:1-7a Ephesians 1:15-23 Matthew 25:31-46 We have just heard what Paul Nuechterlein calls “The smallest huge translation mistake in the Bible.” In the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the one that we read together on Sundays, we hear: All the nations will be gathered before him, and heContinue reading “Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Consecration Sunday + Last Sunday after Pentecost + Christ the King by Suzy Jeffreys
Lessons: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 Psalm 132:1-19 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 The year is 1985. I’m eight years old, my brother is six, and it’s Christmas morning. We live in a small village on the west coast of Borneo where my parents were missionaries for over a decade. It’s early in the morning. My dadContinue reading “Consecration Sunday + Last Sunday after Pentecost + Christ the King by Suzy Jeffreys”