Where we have come from - readings for Sunday 25th August
Isaiah 58.9b-14 Psalm 103.1-8 Hebrews 12.18-29 Luke 13.10-17 |
Ezekiel 20:1-17
Hebrews 3:7— 4:11 Psalm 109:21-31 |
Readings for today
| Ezekiel 20:18-32 Revelation 3:7-13 Psalm 109:21-31 |
thought for today
Ezekiel berates the elders of Israel because they, and their forebears, have not enabled Israel to live distinctively from the other nations. John the divine speaks God's approval to the church in Philadelphia because, though they have little strength, the have managed to do what ancient Israel and so many Christian communities through the years have struggled to do: to live a distinctive life that is also engaged with God's world,
Ezekiel berates the elders of Israel because they, and their forebears, have not enabled Israel to live distinctively from the other nations. John the divine speaks God's approval to the church in Philadelphia because, though they have little strength, the have managed to do what ancient Israel and so many Christian communities through the years have struggled to do: to live a distinctive life that is also engaged with God's world,
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