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Citizenship of Two Kingdoms and Its Challenges
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel Matthew 17:24–27 Citizen of two kingdoms When they arrived in Capernaum,...
Erkki Viinikainen
Aug 14 min read
Forgiveness in the Light of Jesus’ Teachings
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel of Matthew 6:14–15 Forgive each other Jesus says: “If you forgive men their...
Erkki Viinikainen
Aug 14 min read


The Importance of the Reformation
Reformation Day Third Edition Gospel of Matthew 5:13–16 Jesus says: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its taste,...
Erkki Viinikainen
Aug 15 min read
Jesus' Messengers and Receiving the Teachings
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel John 13:16–20 Jesus' Messengers Jesus spoke to his disciples: “Truly, truly, a...
Erkki Viinikainen
Aug 15 min read


Michaelmas Angels and the Faith of a Child
Michaelmas Day Third Edition Gospel Matthew 18:1–6, 10 God's Messengers The disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in...
Erkki Viinikainen
Aug 14 min read
The Meaning of the Double Commandment of Love at Jesus’ Last Supper
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel of John 13:31–35 The Double Commandment of Love When Judas had gone, Jesus said,...
Erkki Viinikainen
Aug 15 min read
The Rules of the Pharisees and the Teaching of Jesus
The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel Mark 7:5–13 Christian Freedom The Pharisees and the teachers of the law asked...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 314 min read
Jesus’ Authority for Eternal Life
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel of John 5:19–21 Jesus Gives Life Jesus said to the Jews: “Truly, truly, I say to...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 314 min read
Mammonana: Lutheran Ethics in the 1980s
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel of Matt. 6:19–24 God’s Providence Jesus says: “Do not store up for yourselves...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 314 min read


Gratitude and its forgetting in Finnish society
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Yearbook Gospel Matthew 11:25–30 At that time Jesus once spoke out and said: “I praise you,...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 314 min read
Why the Poor Widow’s Offering Is Important Today
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel Mark 12:41–44 Neighbor Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched how the...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 314 min read


Blindness and Healing in the Gospel of John
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel John 9:1–7, 39–41 Jesus Our Healer Jesus saw a man who had been blind from birth by...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 314 min read
Pride and Humility
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel of Matt. 23:1–12 Self-Examination Jesus spoke to the crowd and to his disciples: “The...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 304 min read
Jesus' Warning About Community Sins
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Third Edition Gospel Matthew 11:20–24 Times of Search Jesus began to denounce the cities in which he had...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 304 min read
The Care and Significance of the Gifts of Grace
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel of Luke 12:42–48 Faithfulness in Managing God’s Gifts Jesus said: “Who then is the...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 305 min read
Truth and Falsehood Faith and its Challenges
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel Matthew 7:24–29 Truth and Falsehood Jesus says: “Everyone who hears these words of mine...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 304 min read


The Transfiguration of Jesus: The Apostles’ Testimony of Divine Glory
Transfiguration Sunday Third Edition Gospel Luke 9:28–36 The Transfiguration of Christ About a week after Jesus had said these things, he...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 304 min read
The Golden Rule: Can Jesus’ Teaching Change the World?
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Third Year Gospel Luke 6:27–31 The Law of Love Jesus said: “I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 303 min read
The Meaning of the Day of the Apostles
The Day of the Apostles Third Edition Gospel Mark 3:13–19 In the Service of the Lord Jesus went up a mountain. He called to him those...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 304 min read
John the Baptist the Forerunner
Midsummer Day Third Year Gospel Luke 1:57–66 The Forerunner The time came for Elizabeth to give birth to a son. When her neighbors and...
Erkki Viinikainen
Jul 295 min read
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