Koch-2010 While there might not be a “personal” devil out there, I do believe there are malignant spiritual forces that entrap us and keep us in bondage. Haggai Draper 1995 Confessions He did so as an expression of God’s mercy and grace. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Trinity 15 Eucharist It's just a fancy word meaning "selected readings." Lent-3c Pentecost-c Joshua Canonicity This reverse lectionary includes the lessons from the Episcopal three year Sunday Lectionary, based on the Revised Common Lectionary, as well as the lessons appointed for Holy Days. Neufeld 1999 Mason 1998 Philosophy Tuesday In Holy Week There is no room for doubt or fear. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 1:1). Samuel 23: Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34,53-56 *As a Canticle Easter-3c They have been made citizens in the household of God. 3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. Confession Of Peter Grosvenor 1884 Montenyohl 1993 Lent gives us the opportunity to pause and check to see if any of these forces have taken hold of our lives. 1 Timothy Elman 1999 Rosenberg 1986 2 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. Pentecost-19b Kolb-2000 Those who believed on Christ were certainly saved from sin. Easter-5a Last-sunday-of-the-church-year-b St. John Pentecost-22b Trinity-a 2:17 The preaching of the Gospel today by human speakers is the equivalent of Christ Himself personally speaking. 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Proper 26C Pentecost-6a Reformation Easter-sunday-c Here in the Ephesian letter, we read a word likely spoken to Gentiles, whom the author of the letter suggests had been children of wrath. That can be challenging. Ysebaert-2002 We would be wise to keep that in mind as we attend to our Lenten journey. Pentecost-10b Fagerberg-1988 Lectionary 16 B - Ephesians 2:11-22 Ephesians 2:11-22 I've read this passage more times than I can remember and have always celebrated it as good news and of course it is. Hosea Pentecost-26-c Trinity 12 Lent-1-a Pentecost-b Easter-6c Ozment-1980 Find Related Songs: Sun, Jul 18, 2021 [Proper 11, Ordinary/Lectionary 16] (Complementary) Psalm 23 Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Read all. Rhetoric St. Thomas Schaff 2014 Aristotle ( Log Out / Parks 1986 Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Wilson-2011 Ephesians 2:19-22 - Lectionary for St. Philip and St. James, Apostles. Each description is subdivided into two parts. Epiphany-c Lord 1987 ( Log Out / Advent 4 All the work of Wittenberg Door Campus Ministry, including this blog, is supported by the generosity of people like you. Butler 1960 Matthew Stark 1997 Pentecost-11b Lent-4c Lent-1c France-2007 Henderson 1992 Schaff 1886 Easter Tuesday Our New Testament passage from Ephesians 2 draws a very subtle distinction for us between the way we should consider sin and the way we should consider righteousness. Pentecost-7c Trinity 17 Ephesians 4:1-16 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 4:3 making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday, March 14, 2021, the Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year B) First Reading Numbers 21:4-9. Pentecost-7b Betz 1996 Quinquagesima Easter-6a St. Titus Epiphany-2c Pentecost-16b These works also come as gifts of grace. Easter-b Proper 22C Marty-2016 Philippians Change ). Pentecost-12a Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22. Pentecost-23a 1 Samuel Bruce-1988 According to Paul (remember for our purposes I’m using the traditional author) there are powers, both good and evil present in the universe. They were not immediately seen as partakers of the promise of God to Abraham. Easter-2c Songofsongs We don’t earn the right to sit with Jesus. Didache Ash Wednesday Advent 1 Advent-2b But there is good news here. Trinity 14 Worship Words for Sunday, March 14 for Narrative Lectionary: Luke 16:19-31 (Psalm 41:1-3) and Revised Common Lectionary (Numbers 21:4-17, Ephesians 2:1-10) Khor Virap, Armenia with Mount Ararat in the background. The United Methodist Hymnal. Niditch 1995 Van De Sandt 2002 There will be liberation from the bondage. Voobus 1969 Ephesians 2:19-22 - Lectionary for St. Philip and St. James, Apostles. Olsen 1986 2:18 Being “in Christ” gives the believer access to the Father through the agency of the Holy Spirit. Chronicles Advent-3-a Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10 The second chapter of the letter to the Ephesians begins with the strange indicative phrase, “you were dead.” It’s worth sitting with this idea for a moment. Pentecost-7a Easter Monday Pentecost13c Pentecost-4a Christmas Eve However, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing for us to do. Pentecost-17b Help Fuel This Ministry by Clicking Here. Pentecost-14b Easter-6b Trinity 1 Trinity 2 Palm Sunday Pentecost-4c Veith-sutton-2017 Trinity 10 Might this be what Paul has in mind when speaking of the ruler of the power of the air? Lent-4-a Seeliger 1996 Matthias 1 Peter Lent-5b Last-sunday-of-the-church-year-a Flew-2007 Epiphany-2-a The Enlightenment mindset sought to eliminate the spiritual/supernatural realm. We receive the healing by faith, but it is the work of God that provides the healing/salvation. The conjunction of both with God, Ephesians 2:15-18. Schaff-2014 Scaer2004 Dix-2005 Deuteronomy Academic-success We would be wise to keep that in mind as we attend to our Lenten journey. Easter 4 Veith1993 Habakkuk 2 Corinthians Trinity Sunday Once we were dead in our sins, now we are alive in Christ! Motyer-1993 Christmas Midnight Baptist Hymnal 1991. Christmas Dawn Draper 1996 APBA A Prayer Book for Australia Lectionary 1995. a Main readings 3 Year Series, RCL. Amos Christmas-1c Tuckett Trinity 20 Niederwimmer 1996 Mark Ozment1980 Capon-1998 It's just a fancy word meaning "selected readings." Transfiguration-a 6:2 David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who is enthroned on the cherubim. Advent-4-a Pentecost-18a Guardian Of Jesus Jeremiah Quintilian Piper 1947 Thielman-2010 ... Lectionary Calendar. Peterson2010 Ty 19 85:8-13: Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 : Proper 11 Closest to July 20: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Ps. Newtestament Esther Hebrews They are not illegal aliens. Anunciation 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 2012. Epiphany-4b Want to keep up with what's happening at Wittenberg Door? Trinity 4 Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Proper 23C Exodus-20 Kelber 1995 Trinity 13 But then I am a “citizen with the saints” who otherwise would have been an alien and a stranger cut off from the covenant with no hope and without God. Draper 1997 Fraade 1999 The Ephesians are on the same footing as Jews from Jerusalem who have trusted Jesus. Septuagesima Trinity 11 God’s mercy reigns. There was a serious controversy in the middle of the first century, about the time Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesians. Sermon Advent-1c Transfigurationb Pentecost-10c Kurekchomycz2009 Dix2005 < Hymns for Ephesians. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 Lent 4: John 3:14-21 and Ephesians 2:1-10 (Year … If this brief meditation was helpful to you, I hope you will check out the other materials on our website at. Orphan-hosting That is, they once lived in bondage to a spiritual power that kept them separated from their Creator. Ezra Obadiah Morris-1992 Job Mitch-2010 Preaching Pentecost-16a I or II.A reading broken into two preaching parts. Pearce 1993 Titus Pentecost-20b When Martin Luther was dealing with struggles in his life he once saw what appeared to be an angelic being. Palm-sunday-c The heart of the question was whether it was necessary to become a Jew in order to be a Christian. As we consider how Jesus does this, we might want to keep in mind that the Gospel writers regularly picture Jesus engaging in exorcisms. Good Friday Pentecost 16C 1 Corinthians Acts 2:1-11 or Isaiah 44:1-8 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 or Acts 2:1-11 John 20:19-23 or John 14:8-17 On the weekdays which follow, the numbered Proper which corresponds most … Not trusting that he was going to be informed by someone other than the God revealed in Scripture, he took the appearance to be untrustworthy and hurled his inkwell at it. 2 Kings MacCoull 1999 Diversity All Revised Common Lectionary entries for the book of Ephesians. Pentecost-25-c Lincoln 1885 Pentecost 19 C Capon1998 5/7/2021 0 Comments 5/7/21 Many churches throughout the world use a Bible reading schedule called a "lectionary." Gonzalez-2010 We call those forces hate and exclusion, to say nothing about everything else that is tearing the world to shreds, pushing the loving and gracious rule of God out of the world” [Reviving Old Scratch, p. 10]. Kevil Psalm Pentecost-1a "This passage is cause for the people of God to rejoice that God is reconciling, healing and bridging communities in both the spiritual and natural world." Trinity 23 Molina & Evers 1998 Flusser 1996 1 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. When I wrote my study guide on Ephesians, I left the question of authorship open. There are good arguments on both sides, but I’m not sure that authorship is going to make too much of a difference to our interpretation of this passage. Pentecost 17C John This process (and events) were God's grace (his gift). Pentecost 20 C Pentecost-15 Easter Wednesday Van-de-sandt-2011 Pentecost-12b After all, the letter begins with a greeting from the Apostle (Eph. 2 Thessalonians Although these spiritual forces continually seek to push God out of the picture, God isn’t going anywhere. Lent-2b Easter-5b Ephesians 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version. Ordination Proverbs Scaer-2004 Pentecost-24-c Botha 1993 Pentecost-22a Biesenthal 1893 Sommerville-2006 2:20-21 The foundation of the church is the “apostles and prophets;” Christ is the cornerstone. Ephesians 2:1-10. They are part of the family. Passionb Zechariah Pentecost-3a Pentecost Eve Philemon In this passage, the emphasis is on grace. Osborne-2013 Rueger-2016 Gibbs 2006 Orality ... Ephesians 2:11-22: Proper 11B: Ephesians 2:13-22: St Simon & St Jude: Ephesians 3:1-12 : The Epiphany: Ephesians … This digs into the Greek (and occasionally the Hebrew) of the NT lessons of the Revised Common and Narrative Lectionary. Easter2b Infertility Judges Pentecost-19a Sunday Of The Passion Malachi Hoffman 1986 154: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name. Lent-5-a Pentateuch So, who we are now is not the same as who we were before the divine encounter with Jesus, and so we live accordingly. However, in the pursuit of brevity, I’m going to use Paul’s name in this meditation. Sale 1996 Galatians Easter Day Easter 5 Mar 10 One who is rich in mercy - We confess that our sins and trespasses bring death, and we seek forgiveness for following the world’s course instead of Christ’s way. Maas-2014 3-john Advent-2-a So, have you noticed those forces at work of late? Christmas-1b 2 Samuel 7:1-14a W hen the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” Nathan said to the king, “Go, … Two connections worth noting. With Children: Worshiping with Children, Lent 4B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2015. Last Sunday Of The Church Year Pentecost-9b Easter-3b Once they were children of wrath, but that is no longer true, so now they can embrace the good works God has prepared from them. 2-john And, faith was the means to realize the gift. Receptivity Draper 2006 1 Thessalonians Braaten 2007 Bauckham 2006 Freud said predictable things… Pentecost-6b Pentecost-20a Daniel Van-de-sandt-2010 Trinity 5 Jungmann 1959 Trinity 16 Kelber 1987 Advent-2c 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— 9 not the result of works, so that no one may boast. While traditionally authorship has been assigned to Paul. The Fourth Sunday of Lent Numbers 21.4–9 Ephesians 2.1–10 John 3.14–21 The serpent slithers its way through myth and legend, poetry and art. e An AAPB reading. Weston-2009 Easter-4a What I discern here in Ephesians 2 is a reminder that there is a spiritual realm that influences/affects our lives. Catholicism Numbers Bakker 1993 Advent 2 We all have those secret things that we wrestle with, and that we work hard at keeping them at bay, so they don’t define our lives. Ezekiel Epiphany Genesis Pentecost-3b Monday In Holy Week Trinity 9 2 Samuel 6:1-5,12b-19 Ps. Ecclesiastes Nonetheless, none of these could happen without God's initiative. Pentecost 22 C St. Andrew As for the identity of the author, I tend not to take sides. Lord 1986 Pentecost-9c Pentecost-24a Proper 28C Easter 7 Teaching "The Spiritual Resurrection of Believers: A Sermon on Ephesians 2:4-5," Geerhaudus Vos, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed). Joel Doane 1994 Christmas-day Circumcision And Naming Of Christ Kolb-arand-2008 Lent 1 Pentecost-13b Advent-4b Nahum Presentation Of Our Lord Joseph In Ephesians 2:19-22 Paul speaks clearly of "you" rather than "we." Not only that, but their foundation includes both the apostles (New Testament) and the prophets (Old Testament). Mueller 2006 Pieper1924 Too potent a symbol to be ignored, some cultures have worshipped it, while others have feared and loathed it. St Mark Constanza-2013 Schollgen Pentecost-2b 1 John Easter 6 Mazza 1996 Pentecost-15c Baptism-of-the-lord-b Jeffreys 1986 Posts like this reflect on the readings for an upcoming Sunday or other Church holiday, as found in the historic one-year lectionary. Bammel 1996 But, the author of Ephesians did not clarify. Bryennios Acts Pentecost-15b Lent 4 Timothy OBSERVE: The Apostle Paul’s words in Ephesians are a reminder to those who have received a “wake up call” from God. Pentecost-13a Kolbarand2008 Wilson20113470b5cf10 Lectionary Pentecost-5c https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/ephesians-hymn-project In doing this, God raises us up with Christ so that we might be seated with him in the heavenly places. Lent 2 Epiphany-5c The people of Ephesus, the vast majority, at least, were Gentiles. Pentecost-10a Pentecost-16 Epiphany-4-a Epiphany-6c James Pentecost-5b We confess that all of us once lived among the disobedient, and we seek forgiveness for living like everyone else. Pentecost-11c Vikis-Freibergs 1997 Trinity 7 Dix 1933 208: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. Pentecost 18 C Pentecost-8a Epiphany-3-a Romans 2019-02-feb Trinity-c Lessing2014 Pentecost-4b Wilson2011 Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Ephesians 2 emphasizes the community of the Body, so I think the whole text is more fitting for a communal celebration. Rosenfeld-levene-2012 Epiphany-3b Last Sunday Of The Church Year C Lent 5 Trinity 19 Proper 27C Ascension Day 2 Peter Science or at least reason was expected to explain everything (I’m not anti-science here, just to be clear). Draper 2000 Russo 1994 Van De Sandt 2007 Trinity 8 Just to be clear, “Old Scratch” is another name for the devil. Lessing-2014 Advent 3 Hymns for Ephesians 2 | Hymnary.org. Nehemiah Easter-sunday-a Micah Now they are to: Walk as children of light. Epiphany-5-a Easter-4c Luke Draper So, it is by this grace that we are saved, we are healed. Connolly 1932 Rosenberg 1987 b Supplementary readings, APBA. 361: Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me. Pentecost-6c Varner 2005 St. Matthias Leviticus Nevertheless, many scholars have questioned that claim, believing that the letter comes from a later time. Easter 3 AND NOW, BACK TO TODAY’S LECTIONARY READING: START WITH SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 5:8-14 CLICK HERE TO READ SCRIPTURE ON BIBLEGATEWAY.COM. But that last section, verses 8-10, seems good for individual reconciliation as well. History ( Log Out / Advent-3b Kolb2000 Belonging Holy Innocents Kleinig-2013 Epiphany-7-a Saenger 1999 Scripture Liturgical Year Liturgical Date; Ephesians 1:3-14: Year A: Second Sunday after Christmas Day: Ephesians 1:3-14: ... Ephesians 2:1-10: Year B: Fourth Sunday in Lent: Ephesians 2:11-22: Year B: Proper 11 (16) Ephesians 3:1-12: Year A: Epiphany of the Lord: Ephesians 3:1-12: Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. As the Lenten journey continues, we are continually invited to engage in self-examination. Alon 1996 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 6:1 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. Mcknight-2014 Audet 1996 Easter 2 ( Log Out / Connolly 1934 2 Chronicles Easter-7a He writes: “I’d love to have a Christianity full of rainbows and daisies, full of love and inclusion. Ephesians Holy Saturday Before we get to the heart of the matter, I need to address the question of authorship. Reading Ephesians 2:1-10 is like a commentary of Colossians 1:1-20 where the Christ event is believed to be God’s eschatological vision of uniting “all things” in cosmic harmony, of which the “Trinitarian life,” is possible (Ephesians 1:10). Wasson & Toelken 1998 Bible Reading Plans - Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary) - NIV - March 14, 2021. They had been in the dark sleep of sin. Advent-3c Epiphany-6-a This digs into the Greek (and occasionally the Hebrew) of the NT lessons of the Revised Common and Narrative Lectionary. St. Stephen If we look too deeply, we might find things buried inside that we’d rather not see the light of day. Ong 1987 Fagerberg1988 Warfield 1886 Wednesday In Holy Week DeHalleux 1996 Pentecost-21b Jerome Isaiah d Alternate readings, RCL. Proper-20c Long-2009 Jude Exodus Osborne-2002 In fact, God has prepared works for us to do. Easter-7b Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Kings If so, we can give thanks for God’s mercy that can recalibrate our lives, so we live in tune with God’s vision for creation.
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