Tag: generosity
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Abundantly Far More
It’s that time of year again. “Please take these.” Please. Thank you! Image: “Fresh cucumbers,” public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Reflecting on Acts 16 11-15, 40
We are studying Acts 16:11-15 and 40 (skipping the story in between!) for Sunday, February 28. This rounds out our five-week study of women in the New Testament with the story of Lydia, the “dealer in purple cloth” who is so responsive to Paul’s preaching of the gospel that she lodges Paul and his missionary […]
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Studying Acts 16 11-15, 40
We are studying the story of Lydia, recorded in Acts 16:11-15 and :40, for Sunday, February 28. We’re also studying 1 Corinthians 1:26-30, an entirely different text, which seems to have been chosen as the capstone of our five weeks of thinking about women in the New Testament. I’ll try to post some notes on […]
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Noticing Grace
The parable of the laborers in the vineyard was the gospel for last Sunday. We could think of it as being about egalitarianism, and the source of opposition to it: the laborers who get hired early in the day feel aggrieved, because they feel they deserve more than the latecomers. “It’s not fair.” The loafers […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 2 Corinthians 8 7-15
The Uniform Series text we are studying for Sunday, August 12 is 2 Corinthians 8:7-15, a portion of Paul’s encouragement of the Christians in Corinth in the matter of collecting funds for the church in Jerusalem. Here are some questions on the text that we might or might not want to consider in class: In […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Exodus 35 20-29 & 2 Corinthians 9 6-8
The Uniform Series texts for Sunday, May 6 are Exodus 35:20-29 and Corinthians 9:6-8; both texts focus on giving for the benefit of the larger community in some way. Here are some questions we might consider in class:
Matters of Interpretation 