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In the second row of my Jesus class sit four students who are baristas, and they are convinced that my freezing of coffee ruins the coffee. So they insist on a sealed container for my coffee. Now, let’s hear an explanation for all of us: What is the best way to store your coffee?

The young man has just extolled the beauty of his lover, comparing or imagining her ornamentation to that of Pharaoh’s royalty. It is now her turn to answer back:

O God, who for our redemption didst give thine only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ…

1 Corinthians 15 connects resurrection and redemption more profoundly than anywhere else in the Bible. He became what we are so we could become what he is; our union with Christ ushers us into the resurrection. Here’s a scriptural reading for Eastern morning:
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