John Shearman's Lectionary

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

John — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:58:24 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Proper 20 Ordinary 25 Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost September 19, 2010 JEREMIAH 8:18-9:1. This lament expressed Jeremiah’s distress over some calamity which had befallen Israel. Widespread suffering afflicted the...

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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – SEPTEMBER 12, 2010.

John — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:37:03 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Proper 19 Ordinary 24 Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost September 12, 2010 JEREMIAH 4:11-12, 22-28. The threat of invasion by both Egypt and Babylon continued throughout the last 40 years of the nation’s...

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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

John — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:25:43 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Proper 18 Ordinary 23 Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost September 5, 2010 JEREMIAH 18:1-11. The metaphor of God as the potter and humanity as clay became the theme of a popular gospel hymn in the evangelical tradition....

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FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – AUGUST 29, 2010

John — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:30:25 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost Proper 17 Ordinary 22 August 29, 2010 JEREMIAH 2:4-13. Jeremiah addressed a spiritual crisis in Israel in the late 7th century BC. After a long period of apostasy, the covenanted...

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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – AUGUST 22, 2010.

John — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:01:11 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Proper 16 – Ordinary 21 August 22, 2010 JEREMIAH 1:4-10. Like many who experience such a meeting with God, Jeremiah at first demurred because of his youth. That brought forth both...

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TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – AUGUST 15, 2010

John — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:59:19 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST PROPER 15 – ORDINARY 20 AUGUST 15, 2010 ISAIAH 5:1-7. Israel and Judah, the northern and southern kingdoms resulting from the breakup of the united kingdom of David and Solomon, were...

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – AUGUST 8, 2010.

John — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:27:25 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST - PROPER 14 – ORDINARY 19 AUGUST 8, 2010. ISAIAH 1:1, 10-20. Isaiah is without doubt the greatest of Israel’s prophets. He survived through one of the stormiest periods of Judean...

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TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – AUGUST 1, 2010.

John — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:46:03 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST PROPER 13 ORDINARY 18 AUGUST 1, 2010 HOSEA 11:1-11. The image of God behind this dramatic appeal to Israel is that of a loving, compassionate parent. Indeed, here God is described as the...

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NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – JULY 25, 2010

John — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:19:55 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Proper 12 Ordinary 17 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 25, 2010 HOSEA 1:2-10. Does God really want Hosea to marry a prostitute? But that isn’t the real story of this passage. The essence of this prophetic act lies in...

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EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST – JULY 18, 2010.

John — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:26:03 +0000

INTRODUCTION TO THE SCRIPTURE Proper 11 Ordinary 16 8th Sunday After Pentecost July 18, 2010 AMOS 8:1-12. In another vituperative outburst against social injustices of his time in the 8th century BC, Amos vividly describes the fate that is about to...

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