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Last Transfiguration/Epiphany
February 15, 2015
Rice, Gene, "Elijah's requirement for prophetic leadership (2 Kings 2:1-18)," Journal of Religious Thought, 2006-2007.
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“Prophetic leadership based on the requirement of 2 Kings 2:1-18 is needed today, because many of our problems are so complex, so overwhelming, so intimidating that they seem insoluble. To be a prophet in succession to Elijah requires the ability to keep watching until Gods presence and power are discerned in the whirlwinds of life.”
- Bos, Johanna W.H., "Oh, When the Saints: A Consideration of the Meaning of Psalm 50," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1982.
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Abstract: “The article calls attention to the specific basis for the criticisms of Israel's worship found in Psalm 50 by using an analysis of the poem's literary structure on three levels: the verbal, poetic technique and dramatic structure, and themes and ideas. The basis for the denouncement of worship in this Psalm is shown to be that of idolatry in its most subtle sense as the creation of a false image of the god of Israel.”
- Avram, Wes, "Between Text and Sermon: 2 Corinthians 4:1-18," Interpretation, 2001.
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“To follow this movement in preaching one might, first, search for this movement in one's own ministry. For it may be that preaching this text requires applying it to oneself as a hearer, and seeking the same kind of identification with its movements that the text seeks for its hearers.”
- Grieb, A. Katherine, "'The One Who Called You...' Vocation and Leadership in the Pauline Literature," Interpretation, 2005.
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“God's saving work in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the disruptive grace that called Paul, his co-workers, and their churches to an unexpected new freedom and service. They must all learn how to walk the way of the cross and live in the newness of resurrection. The church's grave danger is that, expecting too little from God, it will settle for less than the gospel.”
- Long, Thomas G., "Reality Show," The Christian Century, 2006.
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“Either the Lord is with us or we are pathetic fools. Down in the valley, with our faith buffeted by storms of disregard, doubt and disdain, our eyes can tell us only one thing: we are pathetic fools. But up on the mountain there is another angle of vision. Up there, in the light of Christ, we can see for real.”
- Lose, David J., "What Does This Mean? A Four-Part Exercise in Reading Mark 9:2-9 (Transfiguration)," World & World, 2003.
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“Where shall preachers and teachers locate the meaning of the gospel story of the transfiguration for themselves and their hearers: behind the text, in it, around it, or in front of it? Each location will yield insight, and none can he ignored.”
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