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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Sunday, February 1, 2026

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First Reading

Micah 6:1-8

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UniversalClassic

Timothy 6:6-19 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.

Arminian/WesleyanPastoral

137 whispers hope: prevenient grace is already at work, drawing you toward life—today, not someday.

PentecostalEdgy

137 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.

Movie Analogy

To Kill a Mockingbird: Justice, Mercy, Humility (Micah 6:8)

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch defends a Black man accused of rape in 1930s Alabama. He knows he will lose; he defends Tom Robinson anyway. He does not grandstand—he simply does his job with integrity. What does the Lord require of you?

Hotel Rwanda: The Fast God Chooses (Isaiah 58:6-7)

In Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina shelters over 1,200 Tutsi refugees in his hotel during the genocide. He bribes, bluffs, and bargains with killers to keep them alive. "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness...

Isaiah 58:6-7Universaljusticerescue

Movie Analogy

Just Mercy: Justice Rolling Down Like Waters (Amos 5:24)

In Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson defends Walter McMillian, a Black man wrongly convicted of murder in Alabama. The system is rigged, the judge hostile, the town resistant. But Bryan persists. "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an...

Amos 5:24Universaljusticemercy

Movie Analogy

Philadelphia: What the Lord Requires (Micah 6:8)

In Philadelphia, Andrew Beckett—dying of AIDS, fired for his illness—hires Joe Miller, a homophobic lawyer, to fight his discrimination case. Joe must overcome his prejudice; Andrew must find dignity in dying. Both men change. Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly.

Micah 6:8Universaljusticemercy

Movie Analogy

Gladiator: Strength and Honor (Philippians 4:8)

"Strength and honor"—the greeting shared between Maximus and his loyal soldiers. Two words that defined their brotherhood and their code.

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Micah 6:1-8

To Kill a Mockingbird: Justice, Mercy, Humility (Micah 6:8)

Other readings this Sunday

Hotel Rwanda: The Fast God Chooses (Isaiah 58:6-7)

Just Mercy: Justice Rolling Down Like Waters (Amos 5:24)

Philadelphia: What the Lord Requires (Micah 6:8)

Gladiator: Strength and Honor (Philippians 4:8)

Micah 6 — Traditional (pastoral)

Micah 6 — Black Church (edgy)

Micah 6 — Dispensational (classic)

Micah 6 — Eastern Orthodox (edgy)

Micah 6 — Eastern Orthodox (pastoral)

Micah 6:1-8 — Black Church (classic)

Micah 6 — Pentecostal (pastoral)

Micah 6 — Black Church (pastoral)

Micah 6 — Pentecostal (edgy)

Micah 6 — Universal (pastoral)

Micah 6 — Baptist (classic)

Micah 6 — Charismatic (pastoral)

Micah 6 — Anglican (classic)

Micah 6 — Missional (classic)

Micah 6:1-8 — Traditional (classic)

Micah 6 — Progressive/Social Justice (edgy)

Micah 6 — Lutheran (classic)

Micah 6 — Anabaptist (classic)

Micah 6 — Christocentric (edgy)