#Medieval wineskin trial

вЂњif the dead donвЂ™t stay dead, what can you count on?вЂќ Anna Carter Florence The closest followers of Jesus dismiss the womenвЂ™s message вЂњgarbage, drivel, nonsense, crap, bullshit is what it meansвЂќ Anna Carter Florence They proclaim what they saw, heard and remembered - in what ways have you proclaimed when you have witnessed resurrection (the unexpected, impossible love and grace of God)? In what ways have you heard the good news when you least expected it? How do you remember JesusвЂ™ teachings and life? What will you proclaim? Testimony- proclamation is as central to Easter as the resurrection itself вЂњJesus remember me, when you come into your kingdomвЂќ - Luke 23:42 In the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the cup - Luke 22:19 Peter remembers the words of Jesus - Matthew 26:75 Luke 22:61 God calls Israel to remember whose they are Isaiah 57:11

Israelit did NOT remember God - Judges 8:34 God remembers Abraham and Lot Genesis 19:29 Remember is central to the Gospel and to all of scripture. Remembered his words - the resurrection is made real in both the proclamation and remembering Jesus life What might he have to learn from those who have been forced to live into вЂњa new normalвЂќ after the loss of a job, loss of ability, loss of a loved one? How many of us feel that same way as we emerge from COVID and realize what we have always known- there is no going вЂњback to normalвЂќ? Perhaps the women are afraid because when they see the stone rolled away, the missing body of Jesus, and the proclamation of the men/angels, they know that there is no going back - everything has changed - and that is scary We are not afraid because we have sanitized the story - too often we hear it as вЂњan idle taleвЂќ one to be enjoyed but not transformative How many of our churches are cluttered with the dead? Not people, but ministries, structures, governance, and rituals which have been stripped of meaning and are rotting away while we cover them with spices because we will not let them die?ДЇear is a natural response to resurrection Faith is communicated by witness, but that witness is not reduced to how believers have felt about their experiences of Jesus Christ.вЂќ Fred Craddock, Interpretation: Luke. вЂњMatters of faith are never finally proven, nor faith generated by an incontrovertible argument. Tendency to follow the status quo than to risk the unknown (the devil we knowвЂ¦) We want to cling to what we know (death) instead of entering into what we do not know (resurrection) Why do you look for the living among the dead?

does not lead beyond itself to decisive action to there being recognized as teachers in their own right.вЂќ Women are models of вЂњlistening to the word,вЂќ but their prayer and study. Women speak prophetically but they suffer as prophets no one hears. Women are included in JesusвЂ™ entourage and table community, but not as the equals of men. вЂњLukeвЂ™s Jesus is the prophet of the Wisdom of God, but he does not call a community of equals. Peter verifies that it is empty, but the sight creates amazement, not faith.вЂќ вЂњThe point seemsвЂ¦ to be that the faith of the men who are JesusвЂ™ successors is not based on the word of women, on indirect testimony. WomenвЂ™s Bible Commentary paints a more ambivalent view of LukeвЂ™s attitude toward women. Luke emphasizes the women more than the other gospels, even recalling their witness later in the Road to Emmaus story.

#Medieval wineskin trial

They go expecting a dead Jesus, not an empty tombДЄwkward sexist vibe - they donвЂ™t believe the women (who support JesusвЂ™ ministry 8:1-3, who watch JesusвЂ™ trial and crucifixion 23:49, Witness Jesus burial 23:55, Go to the tomb and discover the resurrection) but they do believe Peter (the denier). Women traditionally anointed the body of the dead - maybe - not definitive Technically this is the last reading of the Easter Vigil and not the Easter morning readingД«ringing spices so Jesus wouldnвЂ™t smell bad as people come to pay respects Why is it important for your congregation? 348).Д®mbrace the mystery, donвЂ™t feel like you have to defend Easter. Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary: Year C (Vol.