Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Alfred Gorvie

THE LOVE THAT SURPASSES ALL AUTHORITY Mark 1:21-28 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Analysis by Matthew DeLoera 21They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 23Just then there was in their synagogue a man with …

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A

Alfred Gorvie

Polite Disagreement? Matthew 21:23-32 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Peter Keyel 23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you …

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Bethany

Pride Becomes Blindness, Blindness Becomes Servanthood John 9:1-41 Fourth Sunday in Lent Analysis by James Squire 1As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s …