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Proper 17A Ordinary 22A Pentecost +11
August 28, 2011
Exodus 3:1-15
- Beach-Verhey, Kathy, "Between Text and Sermon, Exodus 3:1-12," Interpretation, 2005.
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“The story of God's faithfulness did not begin nor did it end with Moses on Mt. Horeb. The faithfulness of God, despite what God's people do in response, is recorded for us in the great stories of the faith, like this story of ‘The Call of Moses.’ The whole canon of Scripture bears witness to this faithfulness.”
- Holmgren, Fredrick C., "Between Text & Sermon, Exodus 2:11-3:15," Interpretation, 2002.
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“Who has not heard this (divine!) voice? Sometimes we have disregarded it, only later to realize that we have been untrue to our inner center. Other times, however, we have really heard and seen at heart-depth what is taking place. We say ‘That's it—it is enough’ and take a stand. Such is the experience of Moses.”
- Levine, Etan, "Midrash on the Burning Bush," Reconstructionist, 1971.
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“This question of thorn-bush theophony was rhetorically raised by Jewish homileticians; what implicit theology or symbolic meaning can be derived from God's choice of a burning thorn-bush? One suggestion is that this was done to underscore the importance of peace.”
Jeremiah 15:15-21
- Bright, John, "A Prophet's Lament and Its Answer: Jeremiah 15:10-21," Interpretation, 1974
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“But one suspects that, in the final analysis, these pieces were included in the book because they were there, and were considered too precious to be left in the wastebasket, as it were. Future readers of the completed Jeremiah book would be forced to ponder the tragedy that befell the nation because of its rejection of the prophetic word; but they might also ponder the tragedy of the rejected prophet, whose word had now been shown to have been true.”
- O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Lamenting Back to Life," Interpretation, 2008.
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“The confessions of Jeremiah are prayers for people mired in loss and play a major role in the theological and spiritual process of healing. They keep communication with God alive in the midst of destruction and despair.”
Romans 12:9-21
- Barram, Michael, "Between Text and Sermon: Romans 12:9-21," Interpretation, 2003. (See also, "Evil," issue focus, Interpretation, 2003.)
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“Paul's advice is difficult to swallow. We are challenged to respond personally and to act concretely.”
- Harrisville, Roy A., "'Do not repay evil with evil': Preaching Romans 12:9-21," Word & World, 2008.
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“This text from Romans contains thirty imperatives—which would merely be another set of moralisms and religious requirements were it not for the "renewing of your mind" that Paul commends in Rom 12:2. Only God in Christ can work that transformation, and only then do Paul’s commands become possibilities.”
Matthew 16:21-28
- Carter, Warren, "Matthew's Gospel: An Anti-Imperial/Imperial Reading," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2007. See entire issue of Currents in Theology and Mission 34, image focus on Matthew's gospel.
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“Jesus teaches his followers that conflict with the elite will result in his crucifixion in Jerusalem and God’s resurrection of him from the dead. This event has numerous implications for their lives as followers.”
- Clark, John C., "Martin Luther's View of Cross-Bearing," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
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“Luther understood Jesus Christ as both the bearer and bestower of the cross. May believers hear Luther and learn to receive this and all other things from God's hand when and as He gives them.”
Proper 17A Ordinary 22A Pentecost +11
August 28, 2011
Exodus 3:1-15
· Beach-Verhey, Kathy, "Between Text and Sermon, Exodus 3:1-12," Interpretation, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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“The story of God's faithfulness did not begin nor did it end with Moses on Mt. Horeb. The faithfulness of God, despite what God's people do in response, is recorded for us in the great stories of the faith, like this story of ‘The Call of Moses.’ The whole canon of Scripture bears witness to this faithfulness.”
· Holmgren, Fredrick C., "Between Text & Sermon, Exodus 2:11-3:15," Interpretation, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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“Who has not heard this (divine!) voice? Sometimes we have disregarded it, only later to realize that we have been untrue to our inner center. Other times, however, we have really heard and seen at heart-depth what is taking place. We say ‘That's it—it is enough’ and take a stand. Such is the experience of Moses.”
· Levine, Etan, "Midrash on the Burning Bush," Reconstructionist, 1971.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
“This question of thorn-bush theophony was rhetorically raised by Jewish homileticians; what implicit theology or symbolic meaning can be derived from God's choice of a burning thorn-bush? One suggestion is that this was done to underscore the importance of peace.”
Jeremiah 15:15-21
· Bright, John, "A Prophet's Lament and Its Answer: Jeremiah 15:10-21," Interpretation, 1974
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“But one suspects that, in the final analysis, these pieces were included in the book because they were there, and were considered too precious to be left in the wastebasket, as it were. Future readers of the completed Jeremiah book would be forced to ponder the tragedy that befell the nation because of its rejection of the prophetic word; but they might also ponder the tragedy of the rejected prophet, whose word had now been shown to have been true.”
· O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Lamenting Back to Life," Interpretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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“The confessions of Jeremiah are prayers for people mired in loss and play a major role in the theological and spiritual process of healing. They keep communication with God alive in the midst of destruction and despair.”
Romans 12:9-21
· Barram, Michael, "Between Text and Sermon: Romans 12:9-21," Interpretation, 2003. (See also, "Evil," issue focus, Interpretation, 2003.)
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“Paul's advice is difficult to swallow. We are challenged to respond personally and to act concretely.”
· Harrisville, Roy A., "'Do not repay evil with evil': Preaching Romans 12:9-21," Word & World, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
“This text from Romans contains thirty imperatives—which would merely be another set of moralisms and religious requirements were it not for the "renewing of your mind" that Paul commends in Rom 12:2. Only God in Christ can work that transformation, and only then do Paul’s commands become possibilities.”
Matthew 16:21-28
· Carter, Warren, "Matthew's Gospel: An Anti-Imperial/Imperial Reading," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2007. See entire issue of Currents in Theology and Mission 34, image focus on Matthew's gospel.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
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“Jesus teaches his followers that conflict with the elite will result in his crucifixion in Jerusalem and God’s resurrection of him from the dead. This event has numerous implications for their lives as followers.”
· Clark, John C., "Martin Luther's View of Cross-Bearing," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
“Luther understood Jesus Christ as both the bearer and bestower of the cross. May believers hear Luther and learn to receive this and all other things from God's hand when and as He gives them.”
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