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Sermon from 9/7: Conflict and Love
Sermon for September 7, 2014 at The Clare
Proper 18 Year A
Ezekiel 33:7-11, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20
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We have in our lessons today two concepts that may appear, at first, to be in contradiction with one another: love and conflict.
In his letter, Paul tells the church in Rome that it is now the moment for them to wake from sleep. They are called to love one another with a love that fulfills the law that they know from their Israelite heritage.