[Propertalk] Fw: SermonWriter: Aug. 30 (Proper 17B) Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

[Joe Parrish]

SermonWriter:  Aug. 30 (Proper 17B) Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Dear Joe,

The following are SermonWriter materials for Aug. 30 (Proper 17B). They 
focus on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23, where the Pharisees criticized Jesus for 
not keeping the Jewish law as they understood the law.

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Dick Donovan


A THOUGHT ON PREACHING:  To endeavor to move by the same discourse hearers 
who differ in age, sex, position and education is to attempt to open all 
locks with the same key. (Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn)


TITLE:  Changing Hearts


SERMON IN A SENTENCE:  Christ calls us not to judge people -- not to exclude 
people -- but to allow him to redeem them and us.


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FOR MORE SERMONS ON THIS TEXT, GO TO:
http://www.lectionary.org/SermLinks/NT/NT02mark.htm

Scroll down to Mark 7.  There are three additional sermons on this text 
posted there.


TRUE STORY:

On one occasion Stephen Douglas sneeringly referred to the fact that he once 
saw Lincoln retailing whiskey.

"Yes," replied Lincoln, "it is true that the first time I saw Judge Douglas 
I was selling whiskey by the drink.  I was on the inside of the bar, and the 
judge was on the outside; I busy selling, he busy buying."

Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger, One-Night Stands with American History


THOUGHT PROVOKERS:

He that accuses all mankind of corruption
ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one.

Edmund Burke

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No man's really any good
till he knows how bad he is, or might be;
till he's realized exactly how much right he has
to all this snobbery and sneering,
and talking about "criminals"
as if they were apes in a forest ten thousand miles away;
till he's got rid of all the dirty self-deception
of talking about low types and deficient skulls;
till he's squeezed out of his soul
the last drop of the oil of the Pharisees;
till his only hope is somehow or other
to have captured one criminal,
and kept him safe and sane under his own hat.

G.K. Chesterton

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If you judge people,
you have no time to love them.

Mother Teresa

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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man,
how much greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.

William Penn, A Key Opening the Way

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Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others
without putting his thumb on the scales.

Byron J. Langenfield

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HYMN STORY:  Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts

This hymn, attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, was translated from the Latin 
in 1858 (a loose paraphrase rather than a strict translation) by Dr. Ray 
Palmer, a Congregational pastor from Albany, New York.  It would seem almost 
fair to say that the hymn as we know it was written by Bernard of Clairvaux 
and Palmer of Albany.  Dr. Palmer also wrote several hymns on his own, the 
best known being "My Faith Looks Up to Thee."

Bernard of Clairvaux was born of well-to-do parents in central France -- in 
what we know as burgundy wine country -- near Dijon.  He didn't grow up as a 
spoiled rich kid, though.  His parents, especially his mother, Aleth, taught 
him the virtues of justice, mercy, and affection for others.

His mother's death, when he was seventeen, affected Bernard profoundly.  He 
began to experience a more profound conversion and a call to study theology. 
He entered a Benedictine monastery in 1112 A.D.  His talent was soon 
recognized, and three years later he was asked to establish a monastery at 
Clairvaux.  That was a successful venture, and a number of monasteries were 
established throughout France under his leadership.  He became a confidant 
of Popes and a preacher to the King of France.  In spite of these remarkable 
achievements, the focus of his life remained twofold: Knowing God and 
serving the needy.

"Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts," like many hymns, is a prayer -- in this 
case, a prayer to Jesus.  It celebrates the joy that we have in Jesus -- the 
peace that his love imparts -- the filling of our souls through the bread 
and wine of the Lord's Supper.  It concludes with a prayer for Christ's 
continuing presence:

"O Jesus, ever with us stay;
make all our moments calm and bright;
oh, chase the night of sin away,
shed o'er the world your holy light."

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See other hymn stories at http://www.lectionary.org/hymnstories.htm

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(Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006)

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Press, 1991)

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James D., Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV --  
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(Nashville: Abingdon, 1951)

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Books, 1989)

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