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Thessalonian Comfort

Do Paul’s words still solace today?   by Lauren F. Winner Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 For Sunday, November 6, 2011: Year A – Ordinary 32 Someone in the Thessalonian community died before Jesus had returned—that’s the situation that occasioned this portion of Paul’s letter. That’s Not Supposed to Happen! One can imagine the Thessalonian [...]

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The Burden of Context

Are there some texts that are so divorced from our context that they should not be preached? by Russell Rathbun Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-20 For Sunday, Oct.30 , 2011: Year A—Ordinary 31 The week’s readings are all about burdens. The burden of the Ark of the Covenant, the burden of hard labor that bowed [...]

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