Summary: You can find this week's readings at this link: http://www.workingpreacher.org/?lect_date=01/08/2017&lectionary=nl In a time of great and powerful people, the word of God came to unknown prophets and a Galilean carpenter's son. The lowly like John were a word against the powerful like Caesar. The painful word John brought was a word against the false hope of bloodline and ritual. The good word of Jesus brings the hope of genuine connection with a God who saves. If you like this podcast, please subscribe and give us a rating! For more information about our ministry at St. Petri Evangelical Lutheran Church, please visit http://www.stpetrilutheran.weebly.com For more information about the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, please visit http://www.elca.org
