Lindemann on Advent 2
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT This Sunday completes the Advent Cycle. The message of the First Sunday was: “Your King is coming! Prepare!” The Propers spoke of His visible coming to Jerusalem in humility...
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Revised from 2006. In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Every natural disaster is a glimpse of the end times. The prophet Haggai writes thus says the LORD of hosts: “Once...
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Populus Zion – The Second Sunday in Advent Luke 21:25-36 December 5, 2010 One area I wish I was better at is time management. I tend to work best on a deadline. If something isn’t due today or...
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Sermon on St. Luke 21:25-28 [29-36] Advent II + Populus Zion + Jesu Juva + From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the...
View ArticleAdvent 2 – Luke 21:25-36
In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit The picture our blessed Lord puts before us today is one that is both scary and full of joy. The Greek language has a word...
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Luke 21:25-36 Miss Gaffer, our wonderful new JK teacher in our school, has a saying: “You get what you get, so don’t throw a fit.” I think it has something to do with crayons and not complaining about...
View ArticleRobert Farrar Capon on “Second Coming”– Advent 2 (Luke 21:25-36)
Our usual notion of Jesus’ coming to the world – or even of the coming of the kingdom – is not only theologically suspect but biblically unsound. For “coming” inevitably carries with it the implication...
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In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit Mom and Dad were right to warn you not to hang around with “that crowd.” “That crowd” lived on the edge. They were arrogant...
View ArticleAdvent 2 – Luke 21:25-36
In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night says Saint Paul in First Thessalonians. The prophet Malachi says in...
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