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1 Corinthians 13 – Contemporary Paraphrase
1 Corinthians 13 If I speak with great eloquence, conviction and beauty, but do so without love, my words are little more than bombastic bellowing or a grating noise. And though I have the power to...
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Luke 4:14-21 – My Paraphrase and a Reflection
I am in the fourth year of my journey through a four-year lectionary that I developed. The first part of the gospel lesson for this coming Sunday is found below. The lesson is my own paraphrase. I...
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Luke 4:21-30 – My Paraphrase and a Reflection
And [Jesus] began speaking to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it read.” And all spoke well of him and admired the words of grace that came from his mouth. And they...
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Genesis 3:1-7
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work and attend to it. The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree in the garden you may freely eat, but of the tree of the...
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The Akedah – The Binding of Isaac
Every three years these verse come up in the lectionary, and every time they do, I am feel drawn to them. The power of this passage cannot be denied, and I am sure that it has occupied and troubled...
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My Paraphrase of Matthew 22:1-14
And Jesus answered and spoke to them once more in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a certain king who made a marriage for his son. He sent out his slaves to call those who...
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A Devotion on Job 23
Job 23 – My Paraphrase Then Job answered and said: “Even today is my complaint bitter; my hand is heavy despite my groaning. Oh, if I knew where I might find God, then I would go to his dwelling place!...
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Matthew 7:1-14 (My Paraphrase)
“Do not condemn, so that you may not be condemned. For with the condemnation you give you will be condemned, and by the measure you use you will be measured. How do you see the speck in your brother or...
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A Reflection on Psalm 90
Psalm 90 – My Paraphrase 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth or you had formed the world and its habitation, from everlasting...
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My Paraphrase of Isaiah 6:1-12
In the year King Uzziah died, I had a vision of the Lord sitting on a throne, exalted and high; the hem of his garment filled the temple. Above all this the Seraphs were in attendance: each one had six...
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A Paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Some notes on the paraphrase: This passage of scripture relies heavily on the repetition of two words: diversities (sometimes translated as “varieties,” and it is found three times in eleven verses)...
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Galatians 4:4-7 – My Paraphrase
But when the right time had come, God sent his Son. He was born of a woman and born under the Law, in order to free those under the Law, so that we might be adopted as God’s children. And now that we...
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Isaiah 63:7-9 – My Paraphrase
I will remember the loving kindness of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Eternal One, because of all the Lord has done for us, and the great goodness he has bestowed on the house of Israel because...
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