Lectionary Text Study Sabbatheology
Listed below are the Sabbatheologies that travel around the world each week via the Internet.
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BONUS: Reformation Sunday, Gospel Year A
Forgive and Forget? Jeremiah 31:31-34 Reformation Sunday Analysis by Steven E. Albertin 31The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand …
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
BELONGING TO THE GOD OF THE LIVING Matthew 22:23-46 Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Fred Niedner 23 The same day some Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying, 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow, and raise up children …
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
TRICKS, TRAPS, TAXES AND TESTS Matthew 22:15-22 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Bill White Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, …
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Lucifer, We Need to Talk Matthew 22:1-14 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Cathy Lessmann Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the …
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
WHEN PAYBACK BECOMES MERCY Matthew 21:33-46 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Timothy Hoyer 33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34When the harvest time had …
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Trusting Whose Truth? Matthew 21:23-32 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Peter Keyel 23 When [Jesus] 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 …
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Getting What You Don’t Deserve Matthew 20:1-16 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Glenn L. Monson “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage,, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 When …
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Patience? How about Forgiveness and Release Instead! Matthew 18:21-35 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by James Squire 18Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you …
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
BOUND TO GOD’S PROMISES Matthew 18:15-20 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A Analysis by Bruce K Modahl 15If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. 16But if you are not listened to, …
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
OUR UNDENIABLE MESSIAH Matthew 16:21-28 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Lori A. Cornell 21 From that time on, [after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah,] Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and …
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Freed to Build the Beloved Community Matthew 16:13-20 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Matthew DeLoera 13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one …
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Getting to the Heart of Things Matthew 15: [10-20] 21-28 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Chris Repp [Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: 11it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.” 12Then the …
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
The Lord over Our Fears Matthew 14:22-33 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Brad Haugen 22[Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side [of the Sea of Galilee], while he dismissed the crowds.23And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When …
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Hope Is Our Food Matthew 14:13–21 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Nathan Hall 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; …
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
It Doesn’t Look Like Much Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Steven E. Albertin 31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest …
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Are You There, God, It’s Me Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Cathy Lessmann 24 [Jesus] put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then …
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
THE PRODIGAL SOWER’S UNLIKELY HARVEST Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Fred Niedner 1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he …
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
JESUS’ GRACE IS FOR OUR CREDIT Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Timothy Hoyer 16“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ 18For …
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Chasing Welcome Rewards Matthew 10:40-42 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Analysis by Peter Keyel [Jesus speaks] 40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of …
Third Sunday after Pentecost, Gospel Year A
Bad Peace and Good Strife (The Sayings We Live By) Matthew 10:24-39 Third Sunday of Pentecost Analysis by Glenn L. Monson 24 “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; 25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called …