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11th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 15

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Jesus and John the Baptist by Greg Olson http://www.godisreal.today/pictures-of-jesus/ Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Readings Days of Pentecost Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. | Isaiah 45:8, NRSV | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Wednesday | 16 August 2017 Ps. 118; Ps. 145; 2 Samuel 17:1–23; Gal. 3:6–14; John 5:30–47 Psalm 118 | Background Give thanks to the Lord for God’s mercy will be forever; Rely on the Lord; I will repel my enemies by the name of the Lord; Open the gates of righteousness and I will enter it; Send us success. Galatians 3 | Paul - All who believe are Abraham’s descendants by the promise of God; We are justified by faith in Jesus Christ, John 5 | J...

Monday - Epiphany 1

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Jesus along the water ibid. Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Monday after the first Sunday after Epiphany I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6b  BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Today | Monday | 9 January 2017 a.d./c.e. Psalm 1 | Happy are they that follow the path of God; They will prosper; The wicked will be blown away; The Lord watches over the righteous Ephesians 1 | Background We have redemption through Christ; God has set out a plan through Jesus; You believed and received the Holy Spirit Mark 1 | Background Probably written just prior to the destruction of the Temple (uprising in 68 a.d.) in 70 a.d. Mark goes to explain John the Baptist as the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah. (there is no birth of Jesus told here), Jesus is baptized, the heavenly de...