Textweek ATLAS - December 27, 2015 Christmas 1C

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Christmas 1C
December 27, 2015

Wood, Lawrence, "Dressing Up," The Christian Century, 2006.
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 "The ephod was the garment of priesthood. It signified purity and the vows that set Samuel apart. Or rather, it represented the purity of the One he represented. In a sense, that was absurd, for the robe was mere homespun linen; there was nothing supernatural about it..."

 

Barram, Michael, "Between Text & Sermon: Colossians 3:1-17," Interpretation, 2005.
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"Articulating a rationale for resurrection behavior is no mere academic theological exercise; on the contrary, doing so highlights and clarifies for readers how the resurrection event challenges believers to reconsider their traditional paradigms of reality."

 

Henderson, Susan Watts, "Taking Liberties with the Text: Colossians Household Code As Hermeneutical Paradigm," Interpretation, 2006.
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"This study of Col 3:18-4:1 explores the strategy of applying 'new life in Christ' to household relationships. Rather than seeing the Colossians Household Code as a timeless template for social structure or as a time-bound, and thus irrelevant, reflection of archaic practice, it examines a dynamic application of Christ's lordship to prevailing cultural convention and the passage's enduring message for the church in any age."

 

Ortberg, John C, Jr., "Living by the Word: Colossians 3:12-17," The Christian Century, 2009.
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"We have a staggering capacity for self-deception and self-justification."

 

Chakoian, Karen, "Between Text & Sermon, Luke 2:41-52," Interpretation, 1998.
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"This story forces us to move Jesus out of the cradle, out of Mary's arms and into the world, to Jerusalem, where this Gospel will end..."