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Proper 19B / Ordinary 24B / Pentecost +16
September 16, 2012
Mays, James L., "Mark 8:27 - 9:1," Interpretation, 1976.
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“Self-denial does not mean denying one's self of something; a program of asceticism allows the self to win its own victory. It does not mean self-rejection, some subjective nihilism that is at root an evasion of the freedom to decide about life. Taking up one's cross is not a pious interpretation of the usual woes of mortality as ‘the cross we have to bear.’ All these notions can be thought and enacted apart from Jesus.”
Mitchell, Glenn, "Living by the Word: Mark 8:27-38, James 3:1-2," The Christian Century, 2009.
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“Coming to terms with suffering and death is key to human freedom.”
Skinner, Matthew L., "Denying Self, Bearing a Cross, and Following Jesus: Unpacking the Imperatives of Mark 8:34," Word & World, 2003.
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“As we journey soon into the new beginnings of post-Labor Day autumn, what will it mean to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Jesus? More, certainly, than giving up a few things; more than suffering as part of the human condition; more than moving forward on new paths—peering into autumns transitions, we belong to another.”
Mack, Burton L., "Wisdom Myth and Mytho-logy: An Essay in Understanding a Theological Tradition," Interpretation, 1970.
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“The burning question of theodicy, raised by the cruel realities of the exile and its aftermath, drove the wisdom schools to creative theological work. By using the graphic language of wisdom mythology, the affirmation of Yahweh's lordship over the entire order of creation is made in such a way that the exile can now be seen to demand faith rather than resignation.”
Peterson, Eugene, "Land of the Living," Ex Auditu, 2002.
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“Spiritual formation cannot be done in a hurry; it cannot be forced into a schedule.”
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