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Advent 1B
November 30, 2014
Isaiah 64:1-9
- Howard, Roy W., "Isaiah 64:1-9, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2008.
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Underlying either reading of this text is a larger theological issue that merits reflection. God can hide and still be active [present] in holy judgment (64:7). So, too, God can be silent and be active [present] in severe punishment (64:12).
Psalm 80
- McCann, J. Clinton, Jr., "Preaching on Psalms for Advent," Journal for Preachers, 1992. (Section begins on page 15)
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“In short, we both celebrate and wait. To live in this paradox is to confront God in every circumstance and at every moment of our lives.”
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
- Henderson, Suzanne Watts, "1 Corinthians 1:3-9, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2008.
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“Self-promotion. Self-interest. Self-mastery. Self-indulgence. How convenient it is, for readers of Scripture in late 2008, that these traits of first-century Corinth so closely parallel the contours of our own place and time. For just as Corinthian Christians struggled to embody a marginalized message of sacrifice in an era of aggrandizement, so too, today's church searches for an authentic voice amid the clamor of our culture's competing claims.”
Mark 13:24-37
- Adams, Edward, "The Coming Son of Man in Mark's Gospel," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
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Summary: “This article defends the view that Mark's sayings on the coming of the Son of Man (Mark 8:38; 13:24-27; 14:62) refer to Jesus' parousia, against claims made by R. T. France and Ν. Τ Wright. According to France and Wright, these sayings call attention to the vision of Daniel 7:9-14, in which 'one like a son of man' comes into the presence of God for the purpose of enthronement, and point to Jesus' post-mortem vindication, not his second coming. It is argued here that the Markan passages in question link Daniel 7:13 with other Old Testament texts and motifs, in particular, texts (such as Zechariah 14:3) and images about God's future coming to earth; the selective combination of Scriptures and scriptural images and their application to Jesus generates the essential concept of his parousia - his coming as exalted Lord from heaven to earth at the end of history.”
- Galbreath, Paul, "Mark 13:24-37, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2008.
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“How could this passage actually serve as a starting point for the life and work of the church? As we begin again the cycle of a new liturgical year, what room are we leaving for real transformation (startling, in-breaking change) to take place in the lives of our congregations and in our own lives? From its opening words, the text challenges the predictable and repetitive way we follow the liturgical year. To listen carefully to the text is to let go of the temptation to treat the first Sunday of Advent as the time simply to light a candle on the Advent wreath to help us count the Sundays until Christmas! Taking Mark's Gospel seriously rips a hole in our careful designs and plans.”
- Carey, Greg, "Apocalyptic Discourse as Constructive Theology," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2013.
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"...we cannot avoid apocalyptic topics in the New Testament without gutting either the New Testament itself or our own intellectual and theological integrity."
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