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Proper 28A / Ordinary 33A / Pentecost +23
November 19, 2017
- Amit, Yairah, "Judges 4: Its Contents and Form," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1987.
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“Our story is revealed as a variation on one central theme—the identity of the savior—which also testifies to its integrity. Is it now possible to separate an original story from a later redaction responsible for openings and closings? The suitability of the beginning and end to the other components of the story suggests other possibilities. For instance, perhaps the redactor who arranged the openings and finales also designed the body of the stories? Perhaps the original version was so worked over that it lost its pristine tenor and cannot be extricated from the present text. In my opinion, that is what actually happened.”
- Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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“Notions of building and planting have profound significance in the discourse of biblical literature. One important indication of this is the inner-biblical discourse of a wartime curse, which threatens Israel in the following words, "You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not harvest its fruit" (Deut 28:30). A survey of biblical literature reveals that this particular curse held an especially prominent place in the discourse of ancient Israel and early Judaism…”
- Still, Todd D., "Eschatology in the Thessalonian Letters," Review & Expositor, 1999.
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The section on this text begins on page 199. “…Those rescued from wrath should remember that the death of Christ offers life with Christ both here and hereafter (5:10). This theological reality should impact their ethical activity until he comes; who they are should affect what they do. The indicative and imperative meet in Paul once again.”
- E. Carson, "Between Text & Sermon, Matthew 25:14-30," Interpretation, 2002.
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“Matthew’s community remembers Jesus Christ and awaits Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Matthew serves as guide for this twofold endeavor. By its teachings the community knows what to remember and therefore how to wait. Tucked in the middle of chapter 25 of this manual is Matthew's parable of the Talents (w. 14-30). The parable tells the community a story about what three servants did in their master's absence. Two knew how to wait. One did not.”
- Jones, Verity A., "Choosing Faith for Those Who Can't," Journal for Preachers, 2004.
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“Every Thanksgiving my family gathers at my parents ' home in Oklahoma. During our Thanksgiving meal, each of us names that for which we have been thankful in the past year. I usually have something nice to say. I even had something nice to say last year when we gathered only a week after Micah died. But a year later, I did not. All I could be thankful for this year was that in the community of faith there are others who can give thanks to God for me when I cannot. They can "choose faith" for me. They can hold me in prayer and hope while I'm tossed about by grief and doubt. I can be thankful for that. And perhaps one day, I will again feel in my heart the blessing that is God's abundant love outlasting the pain and sorrow, the doubt and anger, and even the fear.”
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