Daily Prayers:
- A. Book of Common Prayer
- A. Book of Common Prayer 2
- A. Divine Hours
- A. Evening Prayer (Anglican)
- A. Morning Prayer (Anglican)
- Celtic Prayer
- Creeds of Christendom
- Eastern Orthodox Prayers
- Lectionary
- Liturgy of the Hours
- Missio Dei
Emerging Movement:
- Andrew Jones
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- The Practicing Church
- Tim Miekley
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Other sites I frequent:
- Allan Bevere
- Andy Rowell
- Attie Nel
- Barna
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- Ed Gilbreath
- Erika Haub (Carney)
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Scholarly Books I’ve written:
- Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
- Hist Jesus Anthology
- Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels
- Introducing NT Interpretation
- Jesus and His Death
- Jesus in Memory (ed.)
- New Vision for Israel
- Synoptics: Biblio
- The Face of New Testament Studies
- Who Do They Say I Am?
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- Apollos
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- Euaggelion
- Gospels
- Jesus and His Death Blog
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- Prime Time Jesus
- Theopedia
- ThinkTank
Stuff online:
- 5 Streams
- Big Muddy
- Catalyst Scripture
- Catching the Wave
- DaVinci Code
- Forgiveness
- Future or Fad?
- Gospel of Judas
- High Calling
- Interview on Emerging
- Interview with LL Barkat
- IVCF Eikons
- IVCF Gospel
- John Bunyan
- Keys of the Kingdom
- Lake Emerging
- Mary in CT
- Missional in Seattle
- Missional Matrix
- Nativity Story
- Never Alone
- New Perspective
- Pepperdine Interview
- Professor as Scholar
- Recl Mind Mary 1
- Robust Gospel
- Social Justice
- Trojan Horse 2
- WiredParish Mary Interview
- Word/World NPP
posted March 12, 2008 at 6:26 am
In reading scripture as story – God’s story – this is an important passage in my thinking as it places the kingdom brought and preached by Jesus firmly within the historical story. Jesus doesn’t bring something new; the this isn’t a “do-over” or a corrective change of course. The kingdom of God/Heaven/Jesus is the next chapter in the story to which all has been leading.
posted March 12, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Scot,
You have me thinking here on something I never saw in this passage. “The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever.”
In #1, are you saying that’s how Mary would have initially interpreted this message or is that the meaning of the verse at that point in the story or something else? I’ve always seen a clash of definitions in the KOG between Jesus and his followers as found in the Gospels, with Jesus continually having to instruct them in his way of (re-)interpreting the nature of the KOG. Maybe I’m just misunderstanding what you mean by this point.
posted March 12, 2008 at 3:32 pm
sheryl,
That’s how Mary understood it; she learned there was more to it than this. Yes, Jesus corrects. Mary’s view here, which is on the way to a cross-shaped kingdom, is seen also in James and John’s request.
posted March 12, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Isn’t this the angel talking here instead of Mary? If Jesus’ kingdom was going to be sufficiently nuanced so that most of the 1st century Jews didn’t quit get it, why reinforce those expectations with statements like this?
I guess that is part of the mystery of it all.
posted March 12, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Scot,
Thanks.