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September 25, 2002

Volume 119, Issue #20

Lectionary

Dress code: Matthew 22:1-14

If you are ever invited to a gala event where a constitutional monarch is present, you will be told to wear a dark suit or a formal dress—no pants suits for women, no leisure suits for men. Apparently the poor guy in the parable of the wedding banquet didn’t read the small print on his invitation.

Speak up, God: Exodus 33:12-23

We cannot return to a pre-calf existence when the fullness of God could be seen more clearly.

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