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Proper 14B / Ordinary 19B/ Pentecost +11
August 9, 2015
Calian, Carnegie Samuel, "Theologizing in a Win/Lose
Culture," The Christian Century, 1979.
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Abstract: “Ours is a win/lose culture: the ethos of our
society invites, motivates and encourages us - especially if we are
middle-class - to be winners in life. The prevailing attitude of our culture
raises some questions: 1) Is winning really everything? 2) Is there a positive
or redemptive side to failure? 3) What does the cross offer to a win/lose
culture? only as we acknowledge and confess our sense of incompleteness are we
able to be free from the entrapments of a win/lose culture. God accepts us
despite our failings. Accepted and forgiven, we are liberated to celebrate
life. We are released to care for others. These affirmations point to the
redemptive side of failure, to the god who accepts losers.”
Herrmann, Erik H., "Homiletical Helps on LW Series B," Concordia
Journal, 2006. (Section on this text begins on p. 319)
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“…our love can never replace but only reflect God's love for
us. As C. S. Lewis concludes, we must never mistake ‘Like for Same.’”
Rusch, Frederick A., "The Signs and the Discourse - The Rich Theology of John
6," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1978.
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“In this discourse several fascinating sub-themes emerge:
none should be lost; faith is not based on seeing with one's eyes but it is a
product of the spirit; coming to Jesus is due only to the Father, a contrast is
drawn between flesh and spirit, there are suggestive overtones of a sacramental
meal involving the person of Jesus. These ingredients all function to alter the
traditional feeding and walking accounts.”
Ramshaw, Gail, "Living by the Word: 1 Kings 19:4-8, John
6:35, 41-51," The Christian Century, 2009.
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“Living deeply into the metaphors of the faith is not for
the fainthearted.”
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