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Textweek ATLAS December 16, 2012 - Advent 3C

Advent 3C
December 16, 2012
Adams, Joanna M., "Toward Home," The Christian Century, 2006.
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"Worship is homecoming. It is putting ourselves in the place where it is safe to tell the truth."
"Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on this text begins on page 405)
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"Zephaniah's prophecy—God's promise of coming to be in the midst of his people as a mighty Savior
—has been fulfilled and is yet to be fulfilled. In the Old Testament, 
God was in the midst of his people when he entered the tabernacle and temple. 
Yet in the New Testament, God sent his Messiah, Jesus Christ, in human flesh to dwell in their midst."
Craddock, Fred B., "The Surprise and Joy of Advent," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
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"But why is it that we continue year after year to anticipate through the Advent season an event which has 
already occurred? Is it a game of pretending the past is future? It is no game; rather God's coming in Jesus 
is an event which shatters our time sequences and we find ourselves remembering tomorrow and looking 
forward to yesterday."
Boulton, Elizabeth Myer, "Living by the Word: Luke 3:7-18, Zephaniah 3:14-20,"The Christian Century, 2009.
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"It's enough to make bright blue stretch marksappear upon your soul because repentance is not easy. 
Christian discipleship is not easy. There will come a time when we find ourselves taking hold of 
John the Baptist by his camelhair collar and saying, 'It's too hard! I can't do it.'" 

Textweek ATLAS links - Advent 2C - December 9, 2012

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December 9, 2012
Advent 2C

Boulton, Elizabeth Myer, "Living by the Word: Baruch 5:1-9, Luke 3:1-6," The Christian Century, 2009.
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"We are called to live, pray and preach as if God's new world were at hand."

"Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2010. (Section on this text begins on page 359)
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"Many Christians in the pew may simply think that cussing, swearing, or using God's name flippantly is the only way one breaks the second commandment. And yet it's more than that, as we hear through Malachi. We break the second commandment by murmuring against YHWH and by wondering 'what's in it for me' to be a Christian, especially when the wicked aren't living right and God doesn't seem even to care.

Trible, Phyllis, "Meeting Mary through Luke," The Living Pulpit, 2001.
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"Elizabeth's story prepares for the advent of Mary."

McKenzie, Alyce M., "Between Text and Sermon: Luke 1:68-79," Interpretation, 2001.
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"Zechariah invites contemporary people to begin a journey from incredulity to joy. After initial doubt, Zechariah prayerfully listens, then, with recovered voice, joyfully names his newly recognized hope. Finally, he proclaims it in poetic cadences, giving voice to his conviction that the time of God's gracious deliverance has come."

Otey, Rush, "Gospel Fragments for Advent," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
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"For the Church, an evocative symbol of Advent is building a road, preparing a way, together. Many of us have friends who help us the most by being honest with us, even sometimes being confrontational and challenging. Those very qualities are what make them our friends, not just nodding acquaintances."

Textweek ATLAS December 2, 2012 - Advent 1C

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December 2, 2012
Advent 1C

Adams, Joanna, "Light the Candles," The Christian Century, 2006.
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"This Advent I am holding on for dear life to the reassurance that God intends to make the world right."

Beechy, Leonard, "Living by the Word: Jeremiah 33:12-16, Luke 21:25-36," The Christian Century, 2009.
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"...the outlandish  language of apocalypse - all that cosmic upheaval, all those heavenly signs - may be just right for conveying Jesus' central message to folks like us."

Achtemeier, Elizabeth, "Luke 21:25-36, Between Text and Sermon,"Interpretation, 1994.
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"The season of Advent in the church year looks in two directions. It not only looks back on the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, but it also looks forward to his second coming when he will return to set up his kingdom on earth. thus, every Advent season begins with an eschatological or apocalyptic text, looking toward the end of history and Jesus' return."

Long, Thomas G., "Imagine There's No Heaven: The Loss of Eschatology in American Preaching," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
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"Strangely enough, the most promising revival of eschatological hope is appearing not just among systematic theologians, but among artists and novelists, and it is to them that we must now turn."

Textweek ATLAS November 25, 2012 - Reign of Christ the King B

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November 25, 2015
Reign of Christ / Christ the King

Beechy, Leonard, "Living by the Word: John 18:33-37," The Christian Century, 2009.
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"In his conversation with Pilate, perhaps Jesus could have tried speaking Latin: mutatis mutandis, 'with the neceessary changes having been made.' Yes, I am a king, he might ,ay, with the necessary changes having been made in the meaning of the word king, in the way the world looks at power, and in you." 

Matera, Frank J., "The Trial of Jesus: Problems and Proposals,"Interpretation, 1991.

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"In one of the great ironies of history, the false charges leveled against Jesus took on an unexpected meaning. For those who believed, the death of Jesus marked the end of the old temple cult. Those who believed in Jesus understood that with his death God raised up a new emple, a temple not made by hands: the community of those who believe in Jesus."

Charles, Gary W., "Diving into Wonderland: Preaching Revelation in the Mainline Pulpit," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
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"To preachers preparing to climb into mainline pulpits in Apocalyptic America, the overwhelming tempatation is to maintain silence on teh Apocalypse. Given the pervasive fears gripping our world and the stark, but hope-filled witness of the prophet from Patmos, I urge preachers to re-engage this thorny book."

Brueggemann, Walter, "2 Samuel 21-24: An Appendix of Deconstruction?"Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1988.
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"The biblical narrator explicitly calls the poem cited in 2 Sam 23:1-7 'The Last Words of David' even though there are significant events still coming in David's life before his death..."

Jindo, Job Y., "On Myth and History in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Eschatology,"Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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"This mythological imagery is crucial to the meaning of this vision: the four kingdoms are seen as manifestations of primeval chaos and they are destined to be defeated by God. Thus, in apocalyptic eschatology, history is seen as constant struggle of good and evil, as an arena where the pattern that is predestined at the time of creation unfolds."

 

Textweek ATLAS November 18, 2012 Proper 28 Ordinary 33 Pentecost 25

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Proper 28 / Ordinary 33 / Pentecost +25
November 18, 2012 

Fair, Fairfax Fullerton, "Between Text and Sermon: Mark 13:1-8,"Interpretation, 2004. (See also entire issue: Violence in the Bible,Interpretation, 2004.)
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"In our world of over-consumption and worship of material wealth, isn't this perspective relevant to us? In our society that measures a person's worth by the size of homes, cars, and stadium suites, how can we fault Jesus' disciples? The preacher has a wonderful opportunity to draw parallels between the disciples' infatuation wiht the massive structure of the temple and our fascination with what is bigger, faster, and more ostentatious..."

Peters, Mark Allen, "Hebrews 10:19-25," Interpretation, 1999.
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"We gather to worship God because God has given us the privilege of doing so and the means by which we may. For the early Hebrews the means was the cultus. For the Hebrews of this letter, that is, for early Christians, as for modern Christians, the means is the atoning death of Jesus Christ."

Menaul, Marjorie, "Between Text & Sermon: 1 Samuel 1 & 2," Interpretation, 2001. See also the rest of this issue: The Child, Interpretation, 2001.

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"In the first two chapters of 1 Samuel, the personal fortunes of the main characters, Hannah and Eli, undergo a striking reversal. Eli, whose status as priest should make him a respected and positive figure, will show himself instead to be inept and ineffective. In contrast, Hannah, a woman with an insecure future, will prove herself to be a personal of integrity and strength."

Lindenberger, James M., "Expository Article: Daniel 12:1-4," Interpretation, 1985.
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"What are we to do with a theology which says - and does not Daniel say it - that life in this world is so bad that God's purposes can be realized only beyond this life?"

Textweek ATLAS November 11, 2012, Proper 27 Ordinary 32 Pentecost 24

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Dewey, Joanna, "Women in the Gospel of Mark," Word & World, 2006. (Section on this text begins on page 26.)
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"Women play an integral role in Mark's proclamation of the good news. The Gospel uses the women to encourage the audience to follow Jesus in discipleship. With the women, we too are called to enjoy the blesings of the kingdom, to be of service to those with less power, and perhaps to undergo persecution for following the way of God."

Moss, Otis, III, "Living by the Word: Mark 12:38-44," The Christian Century, 2009.
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"This brief lectionary reading gives us a new opportunity to reflect as individuals as well as to raise the question within our faith communities: 'Are you scribes gone awry?' Jesusasks us. 'Have you got good religion?' Is your religion rooted in empire values and false images of power? Is your religion an exploiter of the poor, abuser of women, castigator of children? Does your religion support the oppressor and abandon the marginalized?"

Olson, Stanley N., "Wandering But Not Lost," Word & World, 1985. (Section on this text begins on page 432.)
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"By Christ's intercession we are drawn toward God. We are on the way. We struggle with injustice and the problems of our world. We strive to avoid sin ourselves and to encourage others. All this we do, looking to God, so that the world may not be so alien a place, and so that we may be on the way. And yet, we remain strangers, aliens, wanderers away from home..."

Martin, Michael W., "Betrothal Journey Narratives," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2008.
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"In this study I aim to identify and define a convention of biblical literature I call teh betrothal jourey narrative..."