Lecture on 1 Corinthians 6
I’m including audio of my lecture on 1 Corinthians 6 from 2003. This is more than 20 minutes of audio, so be prepared for the download times.
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I’m including audio of my lecture on 1 Corinthians 6 from 2003. This is more than 20 minutes of audio, so be prepared for the download times.
{audio}03_1_Cor_6.mp3{/audio}
We all use idioms, mostly unconsciously. There are a number that bother me that are in common usage, such as “I could care less” which developed from the more logical “I couldn’t care less.” But idioms often aren’t about logic. They’re about what people actually say, and what other people understand by what they say….
(November 1, 2003) Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9 and Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44
September 14, 2003 17th Sunday after Pentecost The following are the suggested passages: Proverbs 1:20-33 and Psalm 19 or Wisdom of Solomon 7:26-8:1 Or Isaiah 50:4-9a and Psalm 116:1-9 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 Proverbs 1:20-33 This hymn to Wisdom personified is both beautiful and very important to the balance of the church. …
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In Judges 4:1-7, when the Israelites cried out, what did they have to say? With Psalm 123 included along with Judges 4:1-7 in Proper 28 / Ordinary 33 / Pentecost +27, I think we have an interesting possibility for preaching on prayer in trouble. My basic starting point would be to suggest to the congregation…
Yesterday I wrote about the equivocal nature of the sign of the serpent lifted up in the wilderness, and how it was both a symbol of death, and a symbol of fertility and life in the ancient near east. Today in my reading I checked the notes in the The Jewish Study Bible and found…