Readings for Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany, 2/2/14: Micah 6:1-8 , Psalm 15, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Matthew 5:1-12 Micah 6:1-8 : This is a passage that I think makes a lot of people's favorite scripture list. And with good reason. Good stuff here. I'm stuck on the word "require" in verse 8. I don't know Hebrew - I only got around to Greek in school. But require - that's a strong word. We're not recommended to do these things. We're required. What else are you required to do? How do you treat these requirements, as opposed to those God sets out for us? another good word in this passage - "the controversy of the Lord" - what a label! Who would want to be called God's controversy? another passage (like Psalm 51, among others) where the author recognizes that it is not the acts of sacrifice and ritual themselves God desires, but the devoted hearts that bring such things to God. God wants us . do justice, love kindness, walk hu
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