Tag: Matthew 25
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Distorted
File this one under Greenbean’s failing memory. Sunday (June 11) I preached the second of three sermons from Matthew 25. The sermons are about the end of the world, but not in an apocalyptic way, more in the cautionary narrative tone Jesus uses in this chapter which Matthew puts right after the frightening Olivet Discourse,…
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ADVENT WEEK 3: MATTHEW 24:15-25:46
This third week of translation were heavy on the parable side. Earlier in the Olivet Discourse Jesus was rattling off statements, but now he turns toward parables or ways in which the end of the world will be like familiar things–seasons, weddings, and shepherding. The reader must take care to recognize these are ‘likenesses’ and…