Lectionary@Lunch Live – Mark 7:24-37
In a special excerpt from his online D.Min. course on Mark, Prof. Jim Voelz discusses the Gospel pericope for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18), in the context of the Year B lectionary
In a special excerpt from his online D.Min. course on Mark, Prof. Jim Voelz discusses the Gospel pericope for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18), in the context of the Year B lectionary
In a special excerpt from his online D.Min. course on Mark, Prof. Jim Voelz discusses the Gospel pericopes for both the 13th and 14th Sundays after Pentecost (Proper 16 [Mk 7:1-13] and 17 [Mk 7:14-23]), in the context of the Year B lectionary
Chapel Sermon by Ted Laesch from Mark 7:31-37 on Thursday, September 6, 2012
Mark 7:14-23 is appointed for Proper 17, Series B. Jesus moves the focus from regulations to relationships. Man is to be in a relationship of love with God, humanity, and creation
By Victor Raj “Bending the Rules” The question of divorce is what first meets the eye as one reads this text. To be sure, the OT reading for this day, Genesis 2:18-25, attests to it. The epistle lesson, Hebrews 2:13, however, adds a new perspective to our text. There it clearly states that disobedience of ..
By Andrew Bartelt Literary Context 1. The pericope continues Mark 7. The near goal of the narrative is Mark 8, skipped in this Markan section of the lectionary, but thematically where the story is headed. So who is this Jesus? Is he the Christ/Messiah? Thus these stories are secondarily about faith and primarily about Jesus. So ..
By Travis J. Scholl If last week’s Gospel reading dealt with things external (defiled hands), this week deals with things internal (an unclean heart), part two in Jesus’ teaching on what makes things (and people) clean and unclean. The audience has changed: “Then he called the crowd again and said to them …” (v. 14, emphasis ..
By Travis J. Scholl This week and next week (Proper 17) make up a continuous reading of Mark 7. (Technically, Proper 18 brings the reading of Mark 7 to a close, but there is a thematic and geographic shift that separates it from Propers 16 and 17.) If we were to treat these two readings ..
Chapel Sermon by Andrew Bartelt from Mark 7:31-37 on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Chapel Sermon by Thomas Egger from Mark 7:14-23 on Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Chapel Sermon by Robert Rosin from Mark 7:31-37 on Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Chapel Sermon by Francis Rossow from Mark 7:31-37 on Monday, October 2, 2000
Chapel Sermon by Robert Weise from Mark 7:31-37 on Wednesday, September 13, 2000