Tag: judgment
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Reflecting on 2 Corinthians 4 16 – 5 10
What gives us our ultimate hope? In 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10, Paul affirms his confident hope in the reward of eternal life, as promised by God and sealed in the Spirit, that comes from faith in and service to Jesus Christ. We are studying this text for Sunday, August 29. [Here are some notes on the…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Matthew 25 31-46
The text we (and others) are studying for Sunday, December 30 is Matthew 25:31-46, “the judgment of the nations” or “the sheep and the goats.” Here are some questions around that text that we might want to consider before or in class: The story begins with the arrival of the “Son of Man in his…
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Study Notes – Matthew 25 31-46
The text for Sunday, December 30 is Matthew 25:31-46 – a story we often refer to as “the judgment of the nations,” and the main referent of the phrase “the sheep and the goats.” Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: This is a story in Matthew’s gospel. We might recall that…
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This morning, in our class discussion of Romans 2:1-12, we all agreed that it’s HARD not to judge people. “Don’t judge people” might not be exactly what Paul is saying in Romans 2 (although he will say that, exactly, in Romans 14). He’s just saying “you don’t have any excuse, then, because whenever you judge…
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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Several themes came up in the Hebrew Bible text for the 20th Sunday in ordinary time, from the fifth chapter of Isaiah, including the element of justice that involves the consequences of actions; isolation vs. responsibility for community; and the problematic character of texts that deal with judgement in a world in which we are…
Matters of Interpretation 