Studying lectionary texts? Here are some starting places for study at ATLA this week. If you are the graduate of an accredited U.S. theological school, you may have free access to these articles through your school. Check ATLAS access options. You can find full lists of ATLAS recommended articles for this week at The Text This Week's page for this week's texts:
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Easter 5 - April 24, 2016
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"The Bible has more to say about urban landscapes than it does about green pastures and still waters. Moreover, scripture uses certain agricultural images to impart a compelling vision of the city and, more broadly, what it means to live in community before God."
Thomas, Harvey, "Forgiveness and Reconciliation: John 13:31-35," Review & Expositor, 2007. (Issue focus on "reconciliation.")
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Forgiveness! 'I forgive!' Maybe you also need to say, 'I'm sorry!' No one will know when you go to that individual and you say it except God and the person concerned. That is what reconciliation is. 'I forgive and I'm sorry.' 'I'm sorry and I forgive.' It can be either way, but that is what the Bible means when it says, 'You are one in Christ Jesus.' All the different messages, different ways of earning a living, different ways of communicating, but one in Christ Jesus."
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"God's Holiness Code: This theme emerges out of the instruction Peter received, so that he could break away from his comfort zone and reach out with the Gospel to people who were not one kind with him in race, religion, and perhaps language. As Peter ventured on his mission to Cornelius's household, he built a bridge to them with that divine instruction, 'Do not call anything impure what God has made clean.' This is God's holiness code, established by the death and resurrection of God's Son, sealed with His innocent blood, and delivered in Baptism to those who, in repentance and faith, embrace His promises. The Lord is no respecter of persons. He shows no partiality. He is Lord of all."
Walton, Jon M., "Dreaming in Joppa," The Christian Century, 2007.
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"It would have been So much easier if the Spirit had left well enough alone and not blown where it did, showing Peter the wider dimensions of a gospel meant for all people, both clean and unclean. But the Spirit is a spirit of love and cannot resist drawing disparate elements together; it has a broader vision of the future and a greater hope for our humanity than we have ever imagined, a vision articulated by the 148th Psalm, which sings of a time when all the earth and all created things shall praise the Lord."
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