Calling oneself a “Bible-believing Christian” fails to account for the fact that every belief system, knowingly or unknowingly, arises out of a particular history.
From the very beginning, the community that God was forming was going to be much more inclusive than anyone could have imagined.
There are important historical reasons for making a distinction between ministry and vocation.

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The doctrinal locus for this Sunday is marriage, which points to the greater marriage of Christ and the church or the marriage of Christ and the believer.
Advent accents preaching, making known that it is the Lord who comes to bring salvation, to proclaim this in all the earth.
The miracle of Pentecost is not obvious; it is the miracle of faith created through the preaching of the word of the cross.
Generally, we call that path the lectionary. I’m a big fan of the lectionaries in general. They do several things.