Palm Sunday

‘The church is sent into the world to challenge the false pretensions of the prince of the world, not in any power or wisdom or greatness of its own. It is sent in the power of his consecration. Its victory is the paradoxical victory of the cross. It is sent ‘bearing about in the body [...]

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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

‘Even though we are now in faith . . . the heart is always ready to boast of itself before God and say: “After all, I have preached so long and lived so well and done so much, surely he will take this into account.” We even want to haggle with God to make him [...]

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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost

‘You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. … And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat… I will speak with you about [...]

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