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Proper 13B / Ordinary 18B / Pentecost +10
August 2, 2015
Coats, George W., "Expository Article: II Samuel 12:1-7a," Interpretation, 1986.
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“The absence of life in the face of death corresponds to the
absence of healing for the stricken child despite David's intercession. The new
creation, the prospect for new life from the compassion of God comes for this
world. New creation here is not creation of a new world. New creation is a
discovery of new hope for this world.”
"Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2010. (Section on this text begins on page 171)
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“In our text, King David stands out as a type. He typifies
the human predicament Christians know as sin with all its predictable
dimensions and consequences.”
Smith, Carol, "Biblical Perspectives on Power," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2001.
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Abstract: ‘Images of power and powerlessness pervade the Old
Testament. While the predominant picture is of men who are more powerful than
women, kings who are more powerful than their subjects, and Yahweh who is more
powerful than other gods, a more ambivalent picture of power emerges in many
passages. This article discusses a number of such cases, with particular
attention given to Genesis 19 and 38, 2 Samuel 11,1 Kings 1, and 2 Kings 3. In
each case the depicted power relationships mutate and develop, with the result
that the Bible can be seen to be frequently undermining its own assumptions of
where power should and does lie. There are enough 'temporary challenges' to the
standard viewpoint to be significant, and scholars who seek to discover 'the
biblical view of power' may well be unsuccessful.”
Ballenger, Isam E., "Between Text and Sermon: Ephesians 4:1-16," Interpretation, 1997.
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“The called have not reached perfection. The church does not
represent itself as an ideal community. It is a community in process. The
called should be those who are growing up into the one Lord, who is the Head.
Participating in the body is not static and not passive; it is not a
once-for-all experience. It is neither habit nor mere tradition. It has to do
with life and growth, being the body of Christ in place and in time, in
changing places and in changing times.”
Fowl, Stephen, "John 6:25-35, Between Text and Sermon," Interpretation, 2007.
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“The words of Jesus are also signs. The ways in which we and
others engage these words often reflect our own engagements with Jesus.”
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