- Voice in the Wilderness: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 with Diann Bailey
- Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:21-37 Murder, Adultery and Divorce (from Episode 50)
- Psalm Nugget: Psalm 119:1-8 Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
- Associate Pastor of First Church of Christ, CT, Suffield, CT
- Notes from 3 years ago
Hello and welcome to the Pulpit Fiction Podcast, the lectionary podcast for preachers, see kers and Bible geeks. This is episode 205 for Sunday February 12, 2017, the 6th Sunday After Epiphany Year A.
- Voice in the Wilderness: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 with Diann Bailey
- Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:21-37 You are the salt of the earth
- Psalm Nugget: Psalm 112:1-10 Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Introduction and Check-in
- BabyWatch 2017: Axel Christian Fistler was born Monday, January 30!
Voice in the Wilderness: Diann Bailey 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
- Associate Pastor of First Church of Christ, CT, Suffield, CT
- Notes from 3 years ago
Featured Musician - Heatherlyn, “Welcome to the Maquerade” from her album Heatherlyn
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Primary Scripture - Matthew 5:(17-20) 21-37 - Fulfilling the Law and Prophets
Initial thoughts
- Verses 17-20 - from last week worth reading if you did not cover this last week- either way is a good reminder to contextualize today's reading
- Four Major Issues:
- Anger
- Adultery
- Divorce
- Oaths
- Righteousness that “exceeds the scribes and the Pharisees”
- Point out the absurdity of the strict clean/unclean practices or truly declaring a new righteousness?
- Jesus expands the view of these commandments:
- Murder
- begins with judgement and dehumanization
- reconciliation is the ultimate goal of justice
- Not about not being angry- but what you do with the anger
- Adultery
- begins with sexual objectivism
- "By collapsing the distinction between thought and action, this extension of the law against adultery to include lust suggests that no one should be regarded as a sex object. The burden here is placed on the man: women are not seen as responsible for enticing men into sexual misadventures." (Amy-Jill Levine, "Matthew," The Women's Bible Commentary)
- Dehumanization
- Divorce is about the rights of the woman
- The onus is put on the husband
- Divorce leaves the wife open to charges of adultery and lack of social and financial station
- Breaking of relationship
- Oaths - it is not simply about what you say but about what you do
- You actions should justify your truthfulness
- If you live a truthful life- then there is no need for oaths
- Do not try and bend the rules or find loopholes in the commandments
- Murder
- Is the altar or the Communion table a place for the reconciled to come or a place to become reconciled
- How does the church become a place of reconciliation?
- How to we hold people accountable to their oaths while at the same time allowing for grace when the oaths are broken?
- If we take these words too literally- then don’t we fall into the same legalistic trap as the Pharisees? What is the Spirit of Jesus words? Reconciliation and right relationship.
CLOSING
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Thanks to our Psalms correspondent, Richard Bruxvoort Colligan (psalmimmersion.com, @pomopsalmist). Thank you to Scott Fletcher for our voice bumpers, Dick Dale and the Del Tones for our Theme music (“Misirlou”), Nicolai Heidlas (“Sunday Morning”, "Real Ride" and “Summertime”) and The Steel Wheels for our transition music(“Nola’s First Dance” from their album Lay Down, Lay Low) and Paul and Storm for our closing music (“Oh No”).