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Advent 3B
December 14, 2014
Barnes, M. Craig, "The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me: A Meditation on Isaiah 61," Calvin Theological Journal, 2004.
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“Jesus Christ removes the judgment of exile from us. That is what Jesus' mission was all about. As the incarnation of God, Christ restores us to communion with our Creator. Exiles are brought home to God. Humanity is restored to those who had become less than human. All creation can know recreation because the Spirit of the Lord has anointed this.”
- Brueggemann, Walter, "Dialogue between Incommensurate Partners: Prospects for Common Testimony," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2001.
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“This essay considers the way in which Jewish readers of scripture and Christian readers of scripture may move some distance together in the reading of scripture, in an acknowledgement of much that is shared in scripture…Several biblical texts are cited to indicate that the biblical texts permit no such reading monopoly, because more than one reading is legitimate in distinct faith traditions. While Jews and Christians cannot finally—or cannot yet·—read all the way together, it is agreed that Jews and Christians can read much further together than had been thought or permitted in the longstanding environment of Christian monopolistic reading. The text itself testifies against such monopolistic readings that have been imposed hegemonically on the text.” Section on Isaiah 61:1-4 begins on page 393.
- Jacobson, Diane, "Isaiah in Advent: The Transforming Word," Word & World, 1990.
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The section on Isaiah 61:1-3, 10-11 begins on page 388. “By skipping over verses 4-9, the lectionary draws attention to the connections between verses 10-11 and verse 3 by which the promise to Israel is given an individual realization.”
- Flesher, LeAnn Snow, "Between Text & Sermon: Psalm 126," Interpretation, 2006.
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“Psalm 126 provides a description of the early Judaic commimit/s response to their catastrophic experiences of life's ebbs and flows. This article will note how Ps 126 depicts the relationship between lament and praise as the psalmist petitions God for a future turn of fortune. The article will close with a description of how the message of this psalm might be applied to the contemporary Christian church.”
- May, David M., "'You Cannot Hide the Soul': 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22," Review & Expositor, 1999.
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“Paul not only commanded the parénesis of 5:12-22 as a form of non-negotiable behavior for the Thessalonians, he also took the commands upon himself as a model for them. Paul, the Christ-haunted apostle, lived his life and urged the Thessalonians to live their lives openly before God, community and society. For Paul knew that in this Age and in the Age to Come, ‘you cannot hide the soul.’”
- MacLeod, David J., "The Witness of John the Baptist to the Word: John 1:6-9," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2003.
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“Effective witnessing calls for spending time with Jesus. Then the other things—knowing that believers are not the Light, pointing others to the Light, and urging people to believe the Light—these will come naturally.”
- Theiss, Norman C., "Between Text and Sermon: John 1:6-8, 19-28," Interpretation, 1996.
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“In one sense we are all John the Baptists, trying to point to a gospel and a salvation that we do not adequately understand.”
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