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Judges and Acts, Part II: Proper Piety

Above:  Jordan Valley North of Lake Galilee, Tell-el Kedah, “Hazor” Image Source = Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2004002159/PP/) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++… more →

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Proper 26, Year C — 3 comments

neatnik2009 wrote 1 week ago: Above:  Sycamore Grove, Glen El Capitan, California, June 1899 Image Source = Library of Congress (h … more →

Tags: 2013, November, Revised Common Lectionary - Year C, 2 Thessalonians 1, Exodus 22, Free Will, Grace, Habakkuk 1, Habakkuk 2

Devotion for October 22 and 23 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 1 week ago: Above:  The Right Reverend Robert C. Wright, Bishop of Atlanta, Participating in the Stations of the … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, Deuteronomy .21, Deuteronomy 24, Economic Justice, image of God, levirate marriage, Luke 15

Devotion for October 20 and 21 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 1 week ago: Above:  The Canaanite Woman Deuteronomy and Matthew, Part XV:  Jesus or Deuteronomy? SUNDAY, OCTOBER … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, compassion, Deuteronomy .19, Deuteronomy 20, Feeding of the 4000, feeding of the four thousand, Matthew 15

Devotion for October 18 and 19 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 1 week ago: Above:  Northern Views, Site of the Feeding of the Five Thousand Image Source = Library of Congress … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, compassion, Deuteronomy 17, Deuteronomy 18, feeding of the 5000, feeding of the five thousand, Idolatry

Devotion for October 15, 16, and 17 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 1 week ago: Above:  Landscape with the Parable of the Sower, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder Deuteronomy and Matthe … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, Astarte, Deuteronomy 13, Deuteronomy 14, Deuteronomy 15, Deuteronomy 16, Economic Justice

Judges and Acts, Part II: Proper Piety — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 weeks ago: Above:  Jordan Valley North of Lake Galilee, Tell-el Kedah, “Hazor” Image Source = Library of Congre … more →

Tags: violence in the name of God, Law of Moses, Psalm 5, Psalm 13, Psalm 36, Acts 14, déborah, Barak, Judges 4

Joshua and Acts, Part VI: Love, Holiness, and Violence — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 weeks ago: Above:  Tel Deweir (Lachish), 1936 Image Source = Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/i … more →

Tags: Joshua, Psalms 09--81 to 90, Psalms 12--111 to 120, Psalms 15--141 to 150, violence in the name of God, Luke-Acts 02B--Acts 9-14, psalm 116, Acts 1:1, Psalm 81

Joshua and Acts, Part V: Traditions and Questions — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 weeks ago: Above:  Joshua Burns the Town of Ai, by Gustave Dore +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ … more →

Tags: Joshua, Psalms 07--61 to 70, Psalms 10--91 to 100, Psalms 13--121 to 130, violence in the name of God, Luke-Acts 02B--Acts 9-14, Psalm 91, psalm 65, Psalm 125

Joshua and Acts, Part IV: God, Love, Violence, and Moral Responsibility — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 weeks ago: Above:  Jericho, 1925-1946 Image Source = Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2 … more →

Tags: Joshua, Psalms 03--21 to 30, Psalms 05--41 to 50, Psalms 06--51 to 60, Psalms 07--61 to 70, Psalms 09--81 to 90, Psalms 10--91 to 100, violence in the name of God, Luke-Acts 02B--Acts 9-14

Devotion for October 7, 8, and 9 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 weeks ago: Above:  The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, by John Martin Deuteronomy and Matthew, Part IX:  God … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, Deuteronomy 6, Deuteronomy 7, Deuteronomy 8, Golden Rule, Judgment, Matthew 10

Devotion for October 2 and 3 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 2 comments

neatnik2009 wrote 2 weeks ago: Above:  Moses Views the Holy Land, by Frederic Leighton Deuteronomy and Matthew, Part V:  Hearing an … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, Deuteronomy 3, Deuteronomy 4, Genesis 42, Golden Rule, Hypocrisy, Joseph son of Jacob

Cleaning Up Our Unclean Acts

andrewmarrosb wrote 3 weeks ago: Peter was surprised when he had a vision of a sheet carrying all the animals listed in the Law as un … more →

Tags: Rene Girard, Peace, mimetic desire, Gospel, spirituality, nonviolence, Hospitality, Acts of the Apostles, Jesus

Devotion for October 1 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 4 weeks ago: Above: The Front of the U.S. $100 Bill Deuteronomy and Matthew, Part IV:  God, Mammon, and Killing T … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, October, Deuteronomy 2, Idolatry, Law of Moses, Leviticus 27, Matthew 6, Numbers 18

Devotion for September 28 (LCMS Daily Lectionary) — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 1 month ago: Above:  Men Working in a Salt Mine, Circa 1893 A Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) … more →

Tags: 2013, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Lectionary, September, Deuteronomy 1, Economic Justice, image of God, Law of Moses, Matthew 5, Moses

Numbers and Luke, Part XIV: Murder, Execution, and Forgiveness — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 months ago: Above:  Supper at Emmaus, by Caravaggio ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ … more →

Tags: Torah 04--Numbers, Luke-Acts 01F--Luke 21-24, Psalms 02--11 to 20, Psalms 09--81 to 90, Psalms 12--111 to 120, violence in the name of God, Law of Moses, Martin Luther King Jr., Psalm 19

Numbers and Luke, Part XIII: Allegedly Sacred Violence — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 months ago: Above:  The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, by David Roberts; Lithograph from 1842-1845 Image Source = … more →

Tags: Idolatry, Torah 04--Numbers, Luke-Acts 01F--Luke 21-24, Psalms 11--101 to 110, Psalms 12--111 to 120, violence in the name of God, Psalm 111, Psalm 104, "Psalm 118"

Numbers and Luke, Part X: Obedience to Our Sovereign God — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 months ago: Above:  Balaam and the Angel ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Blesse … more →

Tags: Sovereignty of God, Torah 04--Numbers, Luke-Acts 01F--Luke 21-24, Psalms 01--1 to 10, Psalms 03--21 to 30, Psalms 05--41 to 50, Psalms 09--81 to 90, Psalms 11--101 to 110, Psalms 14--131 to 140

Numbers and Luke, Part VII: Accepting or Rejecting the Chosen of God — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 months ago: Above:  The Wicked Husbandmen ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bless … more →

Tags: Torah 04--Numbers, Luke-Acts 01E--Luke 17-20, Psalms 05--41 to 50, Psalms 07--61 to 70, Psalms 12--111 to 120, Violence Attributed to God, Law of Moses, Easter, Psalm 47

Leviticus and Luke, Part VII: Blasphemy and Repentance — 1 comment

neatnik2009 wrote 2 months ago: Above:  St. Stephen’s Gate, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire, 1900-1920 Image Source = Library of Congress … more →

Tags: Islam, Torah 03--Leviticus, Luke-Acts 01C--Luke 9-12, Luke-Acts 01D--Luke 13-16, Psalms 05--41 to 50, Psalms 07--61 to 70, Psalms 12--111 to 120, Violence Attributed to God, Law of Moses


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