Tag: Acts 8:26-40
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
[A sermon on Acts 8:26-40, the Uniform Series text for Sunday, August 13, 2017.] What in the world are we supposed to make of this story? This peculiar story about a meeting, as it turns out, an appointment, arranged by the Holy Spirit no less, so that from one side at least it looks for […]
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion (Acts 8 26-40)
Here are some questions over the Uniform Series text, Acts 8:26-40, that we could consider in class this Sunday: How, or what, does the setting of the story – a desert road going from Jerusalem to Gaza – contribute to the meaning of the story? What are some of the meanings “the desert” or “the […]
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Exegetical Exercise (Acts 8 26-40)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, August 13 is Acts 8:26-40. These are my notes on the text: This is an amazing text from a literary point of view; and there are a lot of ideas packed into this text-as-literature. Similar and Related Texts: The gospel accounts of the work of John and Baptist and […]
Matters of Interpretation 