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The readings are from the NSRV (New Revised Standard Version) Bible. You can read the passages online at: http://www.biblegateway.com/&version=NRSV.
[00:00:56] First Reading - Haggai 1:15b-2:9
[00:02:54] Second Reading - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17
[00:05:09] Gospel Reading - Luke 20:27-38
[00:06:46] Sermon - The Rt. Rev. Jane Alexander
[00:24:13] Blessing and Dismissal
Revised Common Lectionary Commentary
Haggai 2:1-9
Some Jews have returned from exile in Babylon. While the foundations of the new Temple were laid in 536 BC, little more was done on it for fourteen years. Then, prompted by an oracle from God delivered by the prophet Haggai, work on it began in earnest.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17
In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul has stated that, when Christ comes again, both the faithful who have died and those who are still alive will come together to live eternally. But now we read in 2 Thessalonians that certain events will happen before Christ comes to launch a new era.
Luke 20:27-38
The Sadducees were among those who sought to trap Jesus into contravening the Law as he taught daily in the Temple. They did not believe in the resurrection because they found no mention of it in the first five books of the Bible.
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