Tag: exegesis
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Studying Acts 10 34-47
We will be thinking about the meaning of the work of Jesus Christ for “outcasts,” as represented by the Gentile Cornelius and his family, as we study Acts 10:34-47 for Sunday, November 28. The acceptance of Cornelius, a Gentile and a centurion – a soldier, an emblem of the Roman imperial system – is dramatic […]
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Studying Revelation 19 1-8
We will get to think about a pair of striking Revelation-style images this week, “the whore of Babylon” and “the bride of the Lamb.” We find both in Revelation 19:1-8, the text for Sunday, November 21. The Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna said, of one of the important doctrines of that religion, that “grasping it wrongly is […]
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Studying Revelation 11 15-19
What do we think it means for God to rule everything, to reign? Especially in a world in which things are demonstrably “out of order”? We’ll probably have to examine some of our own thinking along these lines, as we study Revelation 11:15-19 for Sunday, November 14. [Here are some questions on the text.] Here […]
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Studying Revelation 7 9-17
We probably don’t often think of God as a rock star. But we might need to start, now that we are studying Revelation 7:9-17 for Sunday, November 7. A central feature of the text is a screaming crowd too large for anyone to count, which would put the average stadium rock concert to shame. Here […]
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[Re-]Making History
![[Re-]Making History](https://hermeneutrix.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/light_in_the_forest.jpg?w=1024)
A sermon on 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33, delivered at the Corydon Presbyterian Church on Sunday, August 8: This scripture reading picks up the story of king David at least eleven years after the events we read about last week; a lot has happened during that time; it’s a plot worthy of a Netflix original […]
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Studying Luke 17 11-19
We are studying Luke 17:11-19, along with Leviticus 13:45-46, for Sunday, July 4. [Independence Day! That’s actually a thematic fit with our text, too.] What “everyone knows about leprosy” may not be correct, I’ve recently learned; some notes on the Leviticus text from that perspective are here. With that in mind, here are my notes […]
Matters of Interpretation 