TOPIC INDEXEpiphany (19)

  1. Old Testament: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (Epiphany 6: Series A)

    book
    02/10/20
    11 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    Obviously, the choice is very black and white: good or evil; life or death; blessings or curses...Unfortunately, the actions of the people will speak louder than their words.

  2. Old Testament: Isaiah 58:3-9a (Epiphany 5: Series A)

    book
    02/03/20
    12 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    There are good, God-pleasing reasons to attend a Divine Service, but worship attendance can also be an action by which we try to earn or deserve the favor and love of God. This is an ongoing struggle in every worshiping community.

  3. Old Testament: Micah 6:1-8 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

    book
    01/27/20
    12 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    A close examination of the entire life and ministry of Jesus reflects the Exodus event, and Jesus is the New Moses/the prophet like Moses.

  4. Old Testament: Isaiah 9:1-4 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

    book
    01/20/20
    9 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    We preach, teach and confess the virgin birth, and rightly so, but the actual sign is not the Virgin giving birth, it is the Child who is born.

  5. Old Testament: Isaiah 49:1-7 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

    book
    01/12/20
    10 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    For the Israelites, the language of restoration cannot be separated from the language of resurrection.

  6. Old Testament: Isaiah 43:1-7 (Epiphany 1: Series C)

    book
    01/07/19
    7 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    The location of this text, its context, is quite interesting. Preceding this text is the very strong language of Isaiah 42 which is a judgement speech of Yahweh which proclaims a brutal rebuke of Israel which includes the destruction of the country of Judah, the city of Jerusalem and the Temple. But now, beginning in 43:1, we have what Reed Lessing calls “the oracles of assurance.”

  7. Old Testament: Isaiah 43:1-7 (Epiphany 1: Series C)

    book
    01/07/19
    7 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    The location of this text, its context, is quite interesting. Preceding this text is the very strong language of Isaiah 42 which is a judgement speech of Yahweh which proclaims a brutal rebuke of Israel which includes the destruction of the country of Judah, the city of Jerusalem and the Temple. But now, beginning in 43:1, we have what Reed Lessing calls “the oracles of assurance.”