Textweek ATLAS - October 25, 2015 Proper 25 Ordinary 30 Pentecost 22

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Proper 25 / Ordinary 30 / Pentecost 22
October 25, 2015

Brueggemann, Walter, "Theological Education: Healing the Blind Beggar," The Christian Century, 1986.
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"Theological education must face the fact that a key issue in healing, salvation and liberation is power."

Kersten, Phyllis, "Living by the Word: Mark 10:46-52," The Christian Century, 2009.

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"Until Christ appears after the resurrection to his disciples in their locked room, until he shows them his sounded hands and feet and side, until he forgives and recommissions them, we are left with only Bartimaeus as our model for true discipleship."

Brueggemann, Walter, "Theodicy in a Social Dimension," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1985.
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Abstract: "The paper considers the problem of injustice as a theological issue for the Old Testament. Recognizing that injustice is a problem with moral, natural, and religious dimensions, here it is urged that evil is also a social problem, i.e., a problem caused by inequitable arrangements of social power, social goods, and social access.Attention is given to the resolution of social crisis in Job 42 and Jer 32. In both cases, it is observed, the resolution happens through social processes. In Job, restitution is worked by family and friends, and in Jeremiah, land is gained through careful legal procedures. In both cases, the new situation is an action of God's faithfulness, but it is wrought through processes. It seems clear that the problem of evil for the Old Testament cannot be assigned to God apart from the reality of social process, which is both part of the problem and potentially part of the resolution. This linkage of God and social process is characteristic for Old Testament modes of thought and faith."

Jorgensen, Janyce C., "Between Text and Sermon: Hebrews 7:23-28,"Interpretation, 2003. (See also, "Hebrews," issue focus of Interpretation, 2003.)
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"Hebrews 7:23-28 greets the church toward the end of the liturgical year, offering God's people the opportunity to give thanks for the blessings of the past year, and to look forward to the challenges of the new year."