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Pentecost+2, Proper 7, Ordinary 12
June 22, 2014
- Bailey, Wilma Ann, "Black and Jewish Women Consider Hagar," Encounter, 2002.
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"Perhaps the most striking learning in this brief study is that although texts are read to some extent from the social location of the reader, a shared social location does not necessarily lead to a similar interpretation of a text. Social location is only one factor influencing interpretations of a text; scholarship, method, and our personal experiences are others. It may be that differences within a particular social location are as prevalent as those between social locations."
- Kaminsky, Joel S., "Humor and the Theology of Hope: Isaac as a Humorous Figure," Interpretation, 2000.
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"The Isaac narratives contain many rarely noticed elements of humor. While enhancing the reader's enjoyment, humor is also an integral component of a theology of hope in Genesis."
- 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."
- Charry, Ellen T., "Virtual Salvation," Theology Today, 2004.
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"Salvation is recognizing that one belongs to the virtual reality that God has brought about with Christ's death."
- Talbert, Charles H., "Tracing Paul's Train of Thought in Romans 6-8," Review & Expositor, 2003.
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"Romans 5:12-8:39 goes over again the same basic train of thought covered earlier in 1:18-5:11. In both 1:18—5:11 and 5:12—8:39 the argument moves from the human condition to the divine remedy to the role of the law to ultimate salvation. This form of reasoning, repetition with variation, has roots in ancient Greco-Roman rhetoric."
- Bibb, Wade, "Preaching in Ordinary Time: The Extraordinary Subject of Jesus' Realm," Review & Expositor, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 308.)
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Abstract: "
Ordinary Time comprises those days between Pentecost and Advent—six months of preaching without the special days celebrating the big themes of Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, or Pentecost. Within this wide variety of lectionary readings, the Matthean Jesus lays out the demands placed upon those—ancient and modern—who would be subjects of his reign. Matthew's Gospel challenges both delivery and content for the preacher. Sermons based on these texts urge the congregation to deeper spiritual formation, authentic responses to God's calling to serve, a renewed commitment to mission(s), and an inclusive response to our increasingly pluralistic society. Sermons based on these texts will also challenge the preacher to wrestle creatively with texts often memorized, but rarely studied—texts that often leave us uncomfortable in the pulpit. This article presents: (1) a discussion on the importance of Ordinary Time in the preaching cycle; (2) helps for preaching from selected texts which serve as thematic interpretations for the larger preaching cycle; and (3) an emphasis on the Propers in Epiphany (texts from the Sermon on the Mount), which reappear during Ordinary Time."
- Garrett, Susan R., "Matthew 10:24-33, From Text to Sermon," Interpretation, 1993.
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"We need not fear the "hosts of evil round us," however they manifest themselves in our lives, for we know that God is with us and in control. Rather, we are "freed to faith and praise," that is, to the public acclamation of Christ as Lord and the public accounting for the hope that is in us (cf. I Pet. 3:13-17). We need not fear humans or what they can do to us, but rather, we need fear only God. This we do by acknowledging God's righteousness, trusting in God's providence, and anticipating God's present help and future judgment."
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