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David Harvey reflects on personal experiences and scriptural encounters that reveal the nature of human brokenness and the need for forgiveness. Through the stories of Isaiah, Paul, and Peter, David emphasizes that recognizing our flaws is essential for spiritual growth and healing. David highlights the importance of creating a church environment where individuals feel safe to confess their sins and seek restoration without fear of judgment.
The sermon from Sunday, on Luke 5:1-11
The Rev. Ansley Walker's sermon from Feb 9, 2025, the Fifth Sunday After Epiphany. For more information, visit www.saintlukesdarien.org.
Gospel Reading: Luke 5:1-11. Due to the weekend snowstorm, we moved our service to Zoom. Please excuse the quality of the audio.
Our Bible Reading of the Day is Acts 9:19b–31; 11:19–30. Following his conversion, Saul (also called Paul) is introduced by Barnabas to the apostles in Jerusalem. The Church had spread to Antioch, so the leaders in Jerusalem send Barnabas there. He exhorts the people to remain faithful, and he brings Saul from Tarsus to help him minister among the people in Antioch for a whole year. The name Christian is first used for the believers in Antioch. The Church in Antioch sends relief to the believers in Judea.
Hope takes the long view. It's not merely living in expectation of the following day but for an indeterminate time some distance away. The psalmist knows about this extended hope, declaring, "The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever" (138.8). For me (Seth, here), hope is in short supply. The news is as depressing as it's been. A bishop is attacked for asking for mercy. ICE raids took place in my hometown. January was a year long. What does it look like to have hope for the future? What does hope look like that is longer than 4 years? And how can we support each other so no one has to manufacture their hope alone? I hope you have more hope than I do right now. Either way, we're so glad you're with us. Feel free to email us about what is giving you hope at: noexpertsallowed@gmail.com
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A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany St. Matthew 13:1-43 by William Klock Seeds. Matthew 13—most of it at least—is all about seeds. Well, sort of. It's about the kingdom of God. But Jesus told the people about the kingdom using the imagery of seeds, because it was something familiar to them. Obviously, they lived in an agrarian society, but more than that, the God of Israel had been using this imagery of seeds going all the way back to the Prophets and even back to Abraham. Remember his promise all the way back at the beginning: he promised to bless the nations through Abraham's seed. In other words, to set the world to rights through Abraham's descendants, through his family. This image carries on through the prophets. The seed grew and became a tree—or in other places it became a vine—but it failed to bear fruit. The Lord warned that he would come to prune the dead wood—or even to cut the whole tree down. And yet there was reason to hope. The Lord keeps his promises. Even if the tree were to be cut down, the seed would remain—and it would put forth a new shoot. No matter how bad things might get, there was always reason to hope in the Lord. And so, as Chapter 13 begins, St. Matthew tells us that Jesus sat in a boat on the Sea of Galilee, just off from shore, to preach to a crowd on the beach. “He had much to say to them, and he said it all in parables,” writes Matthew in verse 3. And so Jesus begins: “Look!,” he said, “Once there was a sower who went out to sow. As he sowed, some seed fell beside the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky soil, where it didn't have much earth. It sprang up at once because it didn't have depth of soil. But when the sun was high it got scorched, and it withered because it didn't have any root. Other seed fell in among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. And other seed fell in good soil, and produced a crop, some a hundred times over, some sixty, and some thirty times over. If you've got ears, listen!” The people had seen the Messiah things that Jesus was doing throughout Galilee. Blind eyes and deaf ears opened, lepers cleansed and the dead raised. Demons ran at his command. In Jesus, God was on the move. It was obvious. The long winter was coming to an end. Everywhere Jesus went the ground thawed and flowers began to spring up. At the same time, it wasn't what they expected. They knew the prophecies. They knew the word of the Lord. They knew his promises and they knew he was faithful. And so they knew he would come to their rescue. Like a sower sowing his seed, the Lord would one day sow Israel in her own land. And so when Jesus began to tell a story of a sower going out to sow, they listened. But it wasn't quite the story they were expecting. The story Jesus told was a story of failure after failure after failure before—eventually—success! Jesus was telling the story of Israel. Over and over God had spoken. Over and over he had sent his emissaries: priests, judges, kings, and prophets to speak his word and to set things to rights. But the people wouldn't listen. But now something was changing. Jesus had their attention. “If you've got ears, listen!” Jesus says. In other words, “I get it. This isn't what you expected. It's hard to understand. But things are different this time. Really! Stick with me. Keep watching. Keep listening. And you'll figure it out. You'll see that God is faithful.” Eventually they would understand—at least some of them would—but for now thy were just confused. So were the disciples. So, Matthew says, they “came to him. ‘Why are you speaking to them in parables?” they asked. So Jesus answered: “You have been given the gift of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. But they haven't. Anyone who already has something will be given more, and they will have plenty. But anyone who has nothing—even what they have will be taken away! That's why I speak to them in parables, so that they may look but not see, and hear but not understand or take it in.” Well, that doesn't seem very helpful, does it? Every once in a while I hear someone claim that there are secret codes hidden in the Bible. So far I have yet to discover that any of these secret codes is actually there. The idea itself runs against the purpose of scripture. God speaks because he wants us to hear him and to know him. If scripture is hard to understand, that's on us, not on him. But if that's true, why would Jesus speak in riddles. That's how the disciples saw it. And they knew: in Jesus the most important thing that had ever happened was happening. Everyone needed to know about it. So why not just say it plainly? The thing is that it was the same for them as it is for us. Jesus was speaking plainly. Everyone knew that when he told a story about a sower planting seed, he was talking about the Lord sowing his promises for Israel. They knew their story. They knew the prophets. The problem wasn't with Jesus. The problem was with the people who thought they had it all figured out already. The problem was with the people who thought the Messiah should come, for example, to take up a sword and establish his kingdom the way other kings established theirs. And because they thought they had it all figured out, they weren't hearing what Jesus was plainly and simply saying. So Jesus says to the disciples (verse 14): “Isaiah's prophecy is coming true in them [in the people].” And he quotes from Isaiah 6:9-10. This was the Lord's commissioning and sending of Isaiah. He was to go and say to the people, “You will listen but won't understand, you will look but not see. This people's heart has gone flabby and fat, their ears are muffled and dull, their eyes are darkened and shut; in order that they won't see with their eyes or hear with their ears, or know in their heart, or turn back again for me to restore them.” Imagine being called as a prophet and the first message you're to declare is that no one will understand you. What the Lord had promised to Isaiah was now being fulfilled in Jesus. Like Isaiah, he would speak plainly, but the muffled ears of the people would be unable to hear. Jesus goes on and says to his disciples: “But there's great news for your eyes: they can see! And for your ears: they can hear! I'm telling you the truth: many prophets and holy people longed to see what you see and didn't see it, and to hear what you hear and didn't hear it.” Now, the disciples knew their Bible. They knew that in that same passage of Isaiah—in verse 13—they knew that was when the Lord spoke of judging the tree that was Israel. All that would be left was a stump, and yet, says the Lord, “That stump is the holy seed.” It was a prophecy of judgement followed by restoration. So this is what would be in their heads as Jesus explains the parable to them. “This is what the sower story is all about,” Jesus went on. “When someone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in the heart. This corresponds to what was sown beside the path. What was sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with delight, but doesn't have any root of their own. Someone like that only lasts a short time; as soon as there's any trouble or persecution because of the word, they trip up at once. The one sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but the world's worries and the seduction of wealth choke the word and it doesn't bear fruit. But the one sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. Someone like that will bear fruit: one will produce a hundred times over, another sixty, and another thirty times over.” So God's kingdom is coming. That's the point of Jesus' parable. But his point is also that it's not coming the way people expected. Most people expected the kingdom to come in a blaze of glory. The Lord would return to his people and defeat their enemies. He would set everything to rights. He would bring justice and peace and righteousness, beginning in Jerusalem and then extend his righteous rule throughout the earth. But Jesus' parable says that, no, that's not how God's kingdom will come. In fact, instead of coming with a blaze of glory, it's instead going to be like seed sown on the ground. It's going to start quietly, many won't listen at first, but it will slowly and surely grow. Because this is how the Lord works. The story is as much about the history of Israel as it is about the people of First Century Judah or people today. This is how the Lord works and there's a good reason for it. The world is not as it should be. We long for the Lord to set it to rights. But for him to come back in a blaze of glory to deal justly with the world's sin problem would mean that every last one of us would stand condemned. This is why, along with his promises to set the world to rights, the Lord also spoke through the Prophets to say that he is patient and merciful and because of that, his judgement will be delayed so that (1) he can provide a means of salvation for us and so that (2) people will have time to hear this good news and believe. The word—the seed—has to be sown and it needs time to germinate and grow. This is what the people of Jesus' day needed to understand. Not only did they need this gospel seed in order to know God's mercy in the face of coming judgement, but so did the nations. They thought the Lord would come, congratulate them for their faithfulness, set them on top of the heap, and then rain down fire and brimstone on the gentile nations, but the truth of the matter was, that they needed to be set right just as much as the gentiles did and it would be through the Lord's faithfulness to his people on display in the Messiah, that a new people would be born, that judgment would come on unfaithful Israel—and all of this before the eyes of the watching gentiles who would stand in awe of the God of Israel and be drawn to him in faith. The Lord will set Israel and the world to rights, not only by judging sin, but even more so through his grace and mercy to those who believe. This is how God would make good on his promises. Now, as I've been pondering this parable, one caution came to mind. The parable was Jesus' way of telling the story of Israel. God had sown the seed of his word over and over and people—or most of them—didn't listen. The seed didn't take root. And Jesus' point is that in him, this time, God was doing something new. In him, the seed, the word had become flesh. This time, through Jesus, the Lord would do something he'd never done before: he would pour out his Spirit. And because of Jesus and the Spirit, the seed would finally grow and flourish—thirty, sixty, a hundred times over. Brothers and Sisters, Jesus and the Spirit have changed everything. So I think we need to be at least a little cautious in how we think of this parable, because what we usually do when we hear about the seed on the path or the steed on the rocky soil, or the seed choked by thorns, what we usually do is say something like, “Don't be that kind of soil. Don't let the birds take away the seeds. Don't let the thorns choke it out. Be the good soil. Let the seed grow and put down deep roots.” And there is something to be said for that. People do let the cares of the world choke out gospel seed planted in them. Some people are rocky soil and the seed looks like it's going to grow and then it withers and dies. But here's the point—and never forget—that because of Jesus and because of the Spirit, everything is different. They make the soil fertile and that's why God's word, ever since, has done what it has done. That's why the church exists. That's why this good news about the God of Israel has gone out and conquered the nations. Because Jesus and the Spirit have made the soil fertile. Without them the gospel seed will never take root and grow. That's something else to remember in our ministry and evangelism. We are stewards. We're called to plant the seed. But it is Jesus and the Spirit who cause it to grow. That doesn't mean we should just be passive hearers of the word. Do the work. Get rid of the rocks in the soil. Pull the weeds that might choke it out. But there's a promise here that if we will faithfully steep ourselves in God's gospel word, Jesus and the Spirit will cause it to take root and grow. And if we will proclaim it, Jesus and the Spirit will grow the kingdom. Now, Matthew continues, Jesus put another parable to them. Verse 24: “The kingdom of heaven is like this. Once upon a time a man sowed good seed in his field. While the workers were asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds in among the wheat, and went away. When the crop came up and produced wheat, then the weeds appeared as well. So the farmer's servants came to him. “Master,” they said, “didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?” “This is the work of an enemy,” he replied. “So,” the servants said to him, “do you want us to go and pull them up?” “No,” he replied. “If you do that you'll probably pull up the wheat as well while you're collecting the weeds. Let them both grow together until the harvest. Then, when it's time for the harvest, I will give the reapers this instruction: First gather the weeds and tie them up in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” Again, it's in our nature to want God to act right now. We're tired of the pain and the tears. We're tired of sin and death. Why does God allow evil to continue? In the next breath, Jesus tells the disciples that “the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. It's the smallest of all the seeds, btu when it grows it turns into the biggest of the shrubs. It becomes a tree, and the birds in the sky can then come and nest in its branches.” But, of course, the tree doesn't grow all at once. That takes many, many years. And then he talks about a different kind of “seed”: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid inside three measures of flour, until the whole thing was leavened.” Just the other day I saw a video in which a woman went on an angry rant about how her first attempt at bread went horribly wrong. She turned her bread pan upside down and the loaf fell out and hit the floor with a loud “thud”. She picked it up and banged it on the counter: “Clunk, clunk!” “I followed the recipe exactly!” she yelled. “Why didn't it work?” And then in the comments she revealed that, yes, she'd mixed all the ingredients correctly, but she never let the dough rise. She said she didn't have time for that. And sometimes we feel like we don't have time—or we shouldn't have to wait for God's word to do its work. I have to remind myself all the time as a pastor to be patient. God's word doesn't grow people (or the kingdom) overnight. You probably—or you should—have to remind yourselves that God's word doesn't grow pastors overnight either. It takes time. That's why the Lord uses this imagery of God's word as seed all through scripture. But this also means we need to be patient and to wait for the Lord to do his thing. The disciples weren't sure they understood this and they asked Jesus what the parable of the wheat and the weeds meant and Jesus said, “The one who sows the seed is the son of man. The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are the angels. So when the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, that's what it will be like at the close of the age. The son of man will send out his angels, and they will collect together out of his kingdom everything that causes offense, and everyone who acts wickedly. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. If you have ears, listen!” God's word will do its work. The kingdom will grow. The enemy will sow weeds in its midst, but nothing can stop God's word from bringing the life he sent it out to bring. As surely as the mustard seed will grow into a giant tree. As surely as the little lump of dough will rise and fill the bowl, God's kingdom will do the same. If you ever doubt that, just remember what Jesus says here: “The one who sows the seed is the son of man”—is Jesus himself. Jesus (and the Spirit) will grow the kingdom and nothing the devil can do will stop that. And we can trust that one day God's justice will confront our old enemies, sin and death, and put an end to them forever. I think that what Jesus had in mind here was the judgement soon to come on Judah, Jerusalem, and the temple but as that judgement showed God's faithfulness to his promises, it also points forward to that time at the end of history, that time when the seed has grown into the great tree, when the leaven has worked its way through the whole loaf, when the gospel has gone out and the glory of the Lord covers the earth as the waters cover the sea, we can trust that God will deal with the wicked and with sin and death once and for all and the righteous will shine like the sun. That's an image of resurrection that Jesus takes from the Prophet Daniel. When something doesn't seem right or when it doesn't seem like it's going to work, the experts love to say “trust the process”. And, Brothers and Sisters, that's exactly what Jesus is asking us to do. He's planted the seed himself. He's shed his own blood to water the soil. He's given God's Spirit to make the soil of human hearts fertile. And he's done none of that in vain. His gospel seed will surely grow and if it seems like it's taking too long, remember that it's all for the sake of his grace and mercy—grace and mercy you and I already know, but grace and mercy that the rest of the world still needs to know for themselves. Grace and mercy that, like the death and resurrection of Jesus, reveal the God who is worthy of glory, honour, and praise. Let's pray: Heavenly Father, keep your household the Church continually in your true religion; that those who lean only on the hope of your heavenly grace may always be defended by your mighty power, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Sermon Podcasts from Calvary Lutheran Church Perham Minnesota
Year C, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham,mnPrayer of the Day Most holy God, the earth is filled with your glory, and before you angels and saints stand in awe. Enlarge our vision to see your power at work in the world, and by your grace make us heralds of your Son, 0:00Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 1:18 Sermon: Pastor Eric Clapp Facebook: / calvaryperham YouTube: / @calvaryperham Lakes 99.5 Radio Sundays at 10:30 TUESDAY WORSHIP *9:00AM Arvig TV Channel 14 Egiving https://secure.myvanco.com/YMVS/home Website: https://calvaryperham.com/
Preacher: Pastor Jonathan Fischer
Mtr. Lisa preached the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. (2/9/25). Lessons: Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13] 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Psalm 138
Word & Sermon Weekly – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – February 9, 2025 Isaiah 6:1–8 1 Corinthians 14:12b–20 Luke 5:1–11 Learn more about Zion Lutheran Church and the Christian faith, by subscribing to this podcast, and joining us next Sunday by visiting www.zionhiawatha.org
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Introducing Simon Peter as the first disciple that Jesus calls, Luke makes clear some of what discipleship will be about.Preaching text: Luke 5:1-11Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul. With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor.
Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Year C) on February 9, 2025. Commentaries for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany are forthcoming. Check back at https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/fifth-sunday-after-epiphany-3/commentary-on-luke-51-11-8 soon! Resources mentioned: "Rhonda Vincent - Fishers of Men" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dyi1qRyXfE. Reminder: We have commentaries for the Revised Common Lectionary, the Narrative Lectionary, and Evangelio (Spanish-language Gospel). We're here for you, working preachers at https://www.workingpreacher.org/. Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/M5Y8Zci0K0I.
Father Tomlinson preaches the homily on the Resumed Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.
Sunday Worship for February 4, 2024, from Queen Anne Lutheran Church in Seattle, our 10:30 service— Pastor Dan Peterson, presiding; Cantor Kyle Haugen Prelude—A selection of trios for organ, Richard Hudson (1924-2019); Improvisation on NETTLETON (Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness), Paul Manz (1919-2009) • Gathering Hymn—Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness, ELW 843• Children's Message—Pastor Dan Peterson • First Reading—Isaiah 40:21-31 • Psalm 147:1-11, 20c • Second Reading—1 Corinthians 9:16-23 • Gospel— Mark 1:29-39 • Sermon—"Woe to Me if I Do Not Proclaim the Gospel" Pastor Dan Peterson • Hymn of the Day—We Come to You for Healing, Lord, ELW 617 • Distribution Hymn—Healer of Our Every Ill, ELW 612 • Sending Hymn—Go, My Children, with My Blessing ELW 543 • Postlude—March, Flor Peeters (1903-1986) Link here to view the bulletin. Enjoying our worship recordings? Consider giving a gift to our church; go to this link.
Gospel Reading: Mark 1:29-39
Our Bible Reading of the Day is 1 Kings 12:1–24. Through the prophet Ahijah, Jeroboam learns he will lead ten tribes of a divided kingdom. Rehoboam, Solomon's heir, ignores the pleas of the people to lighten their load; instead, he threatens to make their workload even more difficult. Angered by his response, the ten tribes of Israel separate, making Jeroboam their leader, leaving Rehoboam to lead the tribes of Judah and Benjamin from Jerusalem. Jeroboam places golden calves in Bethel and Dan, telling the people they no longer need to go to Jerusalem to worship. The kingdom of David was divided, never to be brought together again in the same way. Believers of all ages now look to the Son of David to bring all nations together into His kingdom.
In Isaiah God is the one who sits above the earth with its inhabitants as small as grasshoppers and also strengthens the powerless. So in Jesus' healing work we see the hand of the creator God, lifting up the sick woman to health and service (diakonia). Like Simon's mother-in-law, we are lifted up and healed […]
This is the Year of Mark. And something you gotta know about Mark is that he loves the word “immediately.” It's a little hard to tell that sometimes in English, because translators have taken that word out in some places to make the text sound better to our modern ears, but if you were to read Mark in Greek, it's just like a rapid-fire, go-go-go-go kinda story. Something is always happening, something is always changing, something is always moving. I think poor Mark would be rolling in his grave if he found out that we split up all of his immediatelys and read them slowly over a period of months. Poor thing... The post Fifth Sunday after Epiphany appeared first on Wicker Park Lutheran Church.
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Message from February 4, 2024 by Dan Cook, Teaching Pastor. Mark 1:29-39
Maybe love is the source of all true and enduring forms of justice because love cares so deeply for what is good in its beloved that it can't look away when that goodness is denied or destroyed.
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Gospel reading: Mark 1:29-39
Sermon Podcasts from Calvary Lutheran Church Perham Minnesota
Welcome to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA. Perham, Minnesota.Thank God. Share Jesus. Help Others.Sermon: Pastor Erin BovendamPrayer of the DayEverlasting God, you give strength to those who feel weak. Make us agents of your healing and wholeness, so that your good news may be made known to the ends of your creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.egivingwww.calvaryperham.com
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Year B, Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Isaiah encourages Israel in exile with a reminder that God is the author of creation and history, giving enduring power to the weak and weary.Preaching passage: Isaiah 40:21-31Bible for Worship is a weekly introduction to the scripture passage that is likely to be the basis for the sermon on the following weekend. It correlates with the Revised Common Lectionary as it is used at St. Paul. With Peter A. Pettit, teaching pastor.
Year B, Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Year B, Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Join Profs. Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany on February 4, 2024. If you'd like to read the commentaries for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, go to https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/fifth-sunday-after-epiphany-2/commentary-on-mark-129-39-6 This episode was aired on Saturday, January 27, 2024 #workingpreacher #lutherseminary #revisedcommonlectionary #joyjmoore #matthewskinner #karolinelewis #sermonbrainwave #podcast #epiphany #yearb Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/twb3bzVsmnU
Year A, Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
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Join Profs. Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany on February 5, 2023. This episode was recorded over Zoom on January 12, 2023, for Working Preacher. Watch the video version on Youtube. Passages: 0:00 Introduction 01:03 Gospel: Matthew 5: 13-20 15:30 First Reading: Isaiah 58: 1-9a [9b-12] 21:24 Psalm: Psalm 112: 1-9 [10] 25:25 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2: 1-12 [13-16] 28:28 Outro
Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast from Yale Bible Study
Volker Leppin and Vasileios Marinis discuss hypocrisy, reward systems, righteousness, and religious performance in Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12). The text is appointed for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastVolker Leppin is Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale Divinity School. Vasileios Marinis is Associate Professor of Christian Art and Architecture at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study: Facebook: @YDSCCE Twitter: @BibleYale YouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudy LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-education Thank you for listening!