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When silence is not golden! -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:5-10 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - B
The avalanche of dealings we have had these past weeks with sin, impending judgment and the call for
The Call of Duty -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-14 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - A
There are those who chafe at the word duty. It seems so arbitrary, so oppressive, so binding.

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Through a phone modem, computers... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
Through a phone modem, computers can now access mountains of data.
The prophet instructed the people... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1997
The prophet instructed the people that they were to "hate evil and love good." What kind of evil do
In the movie, Raiders of... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1994
In the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, archaeologist Indiana Jones receives word of the possible exi
John Ruskin, the distinguished 19th... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1991
John Ruskin, the distinguished 19th century English author (1819-1900), made this observation upon t
A story is told of... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1991
A story is told of a homeless 10-year-old who lived on the streets of a large city with his mother.
Most of us deal with... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1991
Most of us deal with the destruction which comes into our lives by blaming it on the other guy.
(M, C)br... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
(M, C)
(M, C)br... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
(M, C)
(P)A... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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(P)Happy... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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(P)William... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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(P)We... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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(L)Amos... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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(L)If... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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L)There is... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
(M, C)
(M, C)br... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - B -- 1982
(M, C)
Seek good, and not evil... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - A
"Seek good, and not evil ... Hate evil, and love good ..." (Amos 5:14, 15)
The Teka birthplace of the... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - A
The Teka birthplace of the eighth century BC prophet, Amos, can be seen five miles south of Bethlehe
In the east there was... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C
In the east there was a people sorely afflicted.
An older preacher seemed to... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C
An older preacher seemed to have an uncanny ability to speak a wise or insightful word at just the r
October 4, Feast of St... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C
October 4, Feast of St.
Seek good, not evil, that... -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C
"Seek good, not evil, that you may live.

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Proper 22 -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:5-10 -- George M. Bass -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C -- 1991
The Church Year Theological Clue
Proper 22 -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:5-10 -- George M. Bass -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C -- 1991
The Church Year Theological Clue
Proper 22 -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:5-10 -- Perry H. Biddle, Jr. -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C -- 1988
Comments on the Lessons

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Everything Except God -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Richard A. Hasler -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C -- 1991
Robert Coles, a child psychiatrist who taught at Harvard University, decided to travel to the South
Seek Good, Not Evil -- Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 -- Paul W. F. Harms -- Proper 22 | Ordinary Time 27 - C -- 1985
Adolph Hitler had a dream of a thousand-year empire.
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Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

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