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Proper 15B / Ordinary 20B/ Pentecost +12
August 16, 2015
Vasholz, Robert I., "The Wisdom of Bathsheba in 1 Kings 2:13-25," Presbyterion, 2007.
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“Bathsheba's request, then, on Adonijah's behalf, exposed
him as still being a serious threat to Solomon and one that needed to be dealt
with. Here was a very wise woman (and mother) whose acumen not only helped her
son to secure his reign, but who also demonstrates wisdom as a virtue of God's
kingdom.”
"Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on
this text begins on page 298)
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“Since the text is an excerpt, it will be necessary to set
out its context, even if the sermons on the three connected pericopes are
similarly connected as a series. How much discussion of this context is needed
will depend in part on the previous and subsequent sermons. In any case, it
will be important for this text to speak about Jesus' claims to be the bread of
life from heaven.”
Fitzgerald, Matt, "Living by the Word: John 6:51-58," The Christian Century, 2009.
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“Jesus is not content to live only inside our minds.”
Gosnell, Peter W., "Ephesians 5:18-20 and Mealtime Propriety," Tyndale Bulletin, 1993.
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Summary: “Ephesians 5:18 startlingly contrasts drunkenness
with fulness with the Spirit. Previous attempts to relate this contrast to
excessive behaviour within Christian gatherings have not convinced many.
Instead of suggesting alternative improprieties, the present study expolores
behavioural patterns followed at various Graeco-Roman convivial gatherings.
These patterns indicate that some people who regularly met for special meals commonly
chose abstention from drunkenness in favour of stimulating, even religious,
discussion. Accordingly, the present study suggests that the statements of
5:18-20, and ultimately others made throughout the moral teaching in Ephesians,
simply reflect the writer's assumption that his readers regularly gathered in a
mealtime context.”
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