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Proper 18B / Ordinary 23B / Pentecost 15
September 9, 2012
Husted, Heidi, "When the Gospel Goes to the Dogs," The Christian Century, 2000.
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“The day the gospel went to the dogs was the day it came to us. We are some of the ‘dogs’ who have received the good news of the gospel! When Jesus opened himself up to mission to the whole world, he opened his church to the world. Now we are to open ourselves to the whole world in mission.”
Skinner, Matthew L., "'She Departed to Her House': Another Dimension of the Syrophoenician Mother's Faith in Mark 7:24-30," Word & World, 2006.
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“The Syrophoenician mother stands as an exemplar of faith not because she has so much of it, but because she enacts it so consistently and deeply. Hers is an insistent, perceptive, and trusting faith that provides insight into the faith we exhibit as well.”
Reynolds, Carol Bechtel, "Between Text & Sermon: Psalm 125," Interpretation, 1994.
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“It is that same Prince of Peace that makes possible the peace that radiates from the final verses of the hymn by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In them is evident the same sense of trust and benediction that we saw in Psalm 125…”
Hughes, David M., "The Best Seat in the House: James 2:1-10, 14-17," Review and Expositor, 2000.
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“In Christ's church, everybody, regardless of where he sleeps or how she dresses, is somebody. And from that fact flows another corollary: in Christ's church, nobody is better than anybody else. For that reason, favoritism in the church is forbidden. Partiality is prohibited.”
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