Steve Hill on 1 Samuel 12 (Pr 13B)

November 27, 2003 Joel 2:21-27 Psalm 126 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Matthew 6:25-33

I have written a couple of articles this week for my Participatory Bible Study Blog that relate to the week’s lectionary passages. 1)  Translating Philippians 1:9-11 comparing three translations of the passage and discussing the difficulties of getting a clear English rendering and 2) The Mosaic Bible and the Lectionary – Update discussing the use…

20th Sunday after Pentecost Job 1:1; 2:1-10 and Psalm 26  or Genesis 2:18-24 and Psalm 8 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16

Purpose: These notes are intended as helps for preachers and Sunday School teachers who wish to work from the Revised Common Lectionary. Though this initial entry is only one week ahead, my aim is to publish them two to three weeks ahead of the date for their use. This is not intended to function as…

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…

18th Sunday after Pentecost   The following are the suggested passages: Proverbs 31:10-31 and Psalm 1 or Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22             Or Jeremiah 11:18-20 and Psalm 54 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37