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Name of Jesus/New Year's Day

Thursday, January 1, 2026

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First Reading

Numbers 6:22-27

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UniversalClassic

4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.

Arminian/WesleyanPastoral

Hebrews 11:29-12:2, God’s love meets you before you’re ready—and strengthens you to say yes.

PentecostalEdgy

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 never disrupts comfort, it may be tradition pretending to be fire.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Anabaptist (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 18:1-11 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Charismatic (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 3:1-11 shows that God’s power is for love, not spectacle—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Eastern Orthodox (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 Luke 13:10-17, salvation is medicine: God restoring the image through prayer and repentance—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Anglican (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 107:1-9, 43 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Liberation Theology (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 Timothy 6:6-19 exposes pious excuses—if faith never costs power, it’s probably not liberation—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Anglican (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 18:9-14 confronts performative piety; liturgy without love is still empty—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Anabaptist (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 Luke 14:25-33 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Charismatic (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 Timothy 2:8-15 invites a living faith—God still speaks comfort and courage—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Pentecostal (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 never disrupts comfort, it may be tradition pretending to be fire.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Traditional (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 3:1-11 assures us: God is not confused by our weakness; He supplies grace for the journey.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Eastern Orthodox (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 14:1, 7-14 encourages the long obedience of prayer, fasting, and mercy—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Pentecostal (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 17:11-19 shows that revival is not hype; it is Spirit-wrought transformation—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Black Church (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 Timothy 1:12-17 calls out quiet compromise—silence in suffering is not neutral—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Baptist (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 Psalm 107:1-9, 43, the Word confronts the individual and forms a covenant people by conviction.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Black Church (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 Psalm 137, the Lord stands with the suffering and calls the Church to prophetic courage.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Roman Catholic (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 65 won’t let us separate altar from neighbor; communion demands compassion—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Dispensational (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 50:1-8, 22-23 confronts delay—tomorrow’s obedience is today’s disobedience—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Baptist (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 1-21 won’t let you borrow someone else’s faith—following Jesus is personal—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Christocentric (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, Jesus meets us in weakness and offers Himself as our hope.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Charismatic (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 2 Timothy 2:8-15 never leads to holiness, what you call “power” may be performance.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Pentecostal (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 3:1-11 reminds us: God’s presence is not distant—He strengthens the weak and fills the hungry.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Universal (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 16:19-31 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Lutheran (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 Luke 19:1-10, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.

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Numbers 6:22-27 — Black Church (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, we remember: trouble can’t cancel God’s promises—today, not someday.

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Name of Jesus/New Year's Day

Numbers 6:22-27

Numbers 6:22-27 — Anabaptist (pastoral)

Other readings this Sunday

Numbers 6:22-27 — Charismatic (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Eastern Orthodox (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Anglican (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Liberation Theology (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Anglican (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Anabaptist (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Charismatic (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Pentecostal (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Traditional (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Eastern Orthodox (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Pentecostal (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Black Church (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Baptist (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Black Church (classic)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Roman Catholic (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Dispensational (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Baptist (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Christocentric (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Charismatic (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Pentecostal (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Universal (edgy)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Lutheran (pastoral)

Numbers 6:22-27 — Black Church (pastoral)