Homily for the second Sunday after Pentecost (Year C) – Released into ministry

Luke 8:26-39 - Ridding one's soul of a Legion of sins

Galatians 3:23-29 - Being told to wear the robe of righteousness now

Psalm 22:18-27 - Putting on the shine of ministry

Isaiah 65:1-9 - Letting Jesus do the talking through you

Psalm 43 - Same Psalm (42) refrain

Psalm 42 - Singing about the elohim of ministry

1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a - Elijah's resurrection as Jesus

Holily for the Second Sunday after Pentecost - The philosophy that divided things must fall

Psalm 130 - Finding the patience to serve Yahweh

Psalm 138 - Giving thanks to Yahweh with one's whole heart

Mark 3:20-35 - A house divided cannot stand

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 - The truth has no need to change with the times

Genesis 3:8-15 - The serpent and its tricks still working after all these years

1 Samuel 8:4-20 + (11:14-15) - How to repeatedly repeat being a failure to God

In the chess game of life, the pawns are those pieces “greatly afflicted”

Maturing in Christ means weaning yourself from sin