26 PentecostFirst reading and psalm: Isa. 65:17-25 • Cant. 9Alternate: Mal. 4:1-2a • Ps. 98 • 2 Thess. 3:6-13 • Luke 21:5-19The tradition of directing violent images of judgment against oneself or one’s own community or nation is a standard prophetic corrective against the arrogant presumption that the enemy is always without. Even so, Malachi’s image of the enemy “burning like … [Read more...] about Kingdom