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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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