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Ancient Christian Devotional: A Year of Weekly Readings: Lectionary Cycle B is unavailable, but you can change that!

Reading the writings of early church fathers points us to the deep joy that awaits us in Christ when we drink deeply from Scripture, the only water that can give us true life. This guide for reflection combines excerpts from the writings of the church fathers as found in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture with a simple structure for daily or weekly reading and prayer. Included are 52...

parable of the fig tree, you will find that it makes sense at every point in connection with the coming of the Son of man. He will bring both sorrow and joy. The Son of man is coming in the midst of both calamities and promises, both the grief of nations and the longing of the saints. He is the common element in both. He who is common to both will end the one by inflicting judgment on the nations, and will commence the other by fulfilling the longings of the saints. Against Marcion 4.39. The Gathering
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