Luke 13:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Psalm 63:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13
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William E. Keeney
... character of a person produces only one fruit. Revelation 6:13 -- The image of a fig tree dropping its winter fruit in a gale is used to describe catastrophic events in end times. Context of the Lectionary The First Lesson. (Isaiah 55:1-9) The prophet ... streams annually because of poor farming methods. State of the World: 1993 (Lester R. Brown et al, eds. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1993, p. 12) reported that farmers around the world are losing about 24 billion tons of topsoil annually. Acres of farmland ...