Tag: sacrifice
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Study Notes -Hebrews 9 11-22
We are studying Hebrews 9:11-22 (and really, through verse 28) for Sunday, June 16. This is the comparison of Christ’s high priestly function to that of the Levitical priests – to the great advantage of Christ’s. [Questions on the text are here.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: As noted earlier…
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Exegetical Exercise (2 Chronicles 7 1-11)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, March 18 is 2 Chronicles 7:1-11; it is the next episode in the event we started reading about last week, and that winds up next week with the end of chapter 7 (next, that is, if we don’t count the detailed petitions of Solomon’s prayer in 2 Chronicles 6:22-42).…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion (Genesis 22 1-14)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, March 4 is Genesis 22:1-14. Here are a few questions that we might want to consider in class: Why does Abraham do what God asks of him, do we think? Is it because of what God has promised him in preceding chapters – so, for personal gain, or posthumous…
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[Sort of] Exegetical Exercise (Genesis 22 1-14)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, March 4 is Genesis 22:1-14. I looked at it, and thought something like … “oh, no.” In part because it was late, but mostly because it was hard. Here are my notes on this text, for what they are worth: First, I didn’t do the translation. Because it was…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion (Genesis 8 & 9)
The Uniform Series text we’re studying on Sunday, September 3 is Genesis 8:20-22 & 9:8-17. Here are a few questions that we might want to consider in class: Noah’s first act after the flood subsides and he and his family leave the ark is to take animals that are appropriate for sacrifice and offer “whole…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter
[A sermon on Jonah 1, the Uniform Series text for the day.] What is going on in this little story of the prophet Jonah, son of Amittai, the worst prophet in the history of the world? Right? A prophet who runs away as soon as he gets his commission, a prophet who seems to prefer…
Matters of Interpretation 