The Gift of New Creation: A Lenten Study Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (Scriptures for the Church Seasons)
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- Title
- The Gift of New Creation: A Lenten Study Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (Scriptures for the Church Seasons)
- Author
- Ehrich, Thomas L.
- Publisher
- Abingdon Press
- Publication year
- 2015
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- Good
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- Language
- English
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- 1501801996
- ISBN 13
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The Gift of New Creation
A Lenten Study Based on the Revised Common Lectionary
By Thomas L. EhrichAbingdon Press
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Contents
Introduction,
Messy Faith (Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13),
A Cause for Lament (Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17–4:1; Luke 13:31-35),
Learning to See As God Sees (Isaiah 55:1-9; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9),
More Than We Can Imagine (Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32),
A New Thing (Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8),
The Search for Meaning (Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14–23:56),
The Gift of New Creation (Isaiah 65:17-25; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; John 20:1-18),
CHAPTER 1
Messy Faith
Scriptures for the First Sunday of Lent
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Romans 10:8b-13
Luke 4:1-13
The basic proposition of faith can be stated simply: God is in life, and we know God through life as we live it. We don't worship a God who is impossibly far from us, a God outside the human realm. We worship a God who is among us, a God known as Emmanuel, "God with us."
How did the ancient Hebrews know "I am" was their God? Because "I am" saw their suffering in Egypt, liberated them from bondage, brought them in safety to a Promised Land, and gave that land to them for their use. The fruits of that usage — crops from the land — bear witness to God's faithfulness.
How close is our God? "In your mouth and in your heart," said Paul. You have but to confess to God and call upon God's name, and God will bless you with faith.
How could Jesus understand and verify God's call to him? He went into the wilderness, did battle with the devil, and remembered what God had told him. Jesus just needed to live as God had told him to live.
Faith can get messy when it is this close to real life. It's easier to form beliefs from a great distance, where order can be imagined and doctrines inferred. It is much more difficult to seek God in the chaos and corruption of the here and now.
This week's lessons spring from gritty locales and tell stories of God in life. God is known in the offspring of a "starving Aramaean" (Jacob). God is known in a word so near to us that it changes our lips and hearts. And God is known in a high-stakes contest between a newly baptized young Galilean and the forces of darkness itself.
A GRATEFUL PEOPLE DEUTERONOMY 26:1-11
The challenge for any believer is to know what they believe and why they believe it. What happened that caused belief to master nonbelief? What changed that made a story grounded in faith seem more vital than a story grounded in, say, one's career or national pride?
Christians created creeds for this purpose. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are the most widely used. They recount the nature of God and tell the narrative of Jesus, and in so doing they relate the impact God has on humankind.
The ancient Hebrews had a different kind of creed. We read it in the twenty-sixth chapter of Deuteronomy, a book presented as the farewell words of Moses as the Hebrews ended their wilderness wandering and prepared to enter the Promised Land of Canaan. Some have called these verses, Deuteronomy 26:5b-9, the "Deuteronomic Creed."
Moses envisioned a harvest festival after the Israelites' first growing season in the land of Canaan, a festival that would be repeated annually. The people were to gather their harvest, and then bring a portion of it
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