Thursday, April 30, 2015

Read verses in a small group, each person takes a turn reading one line each, repeating through the

Bible study. 24 Pentecost, Proper 26 (C).
"Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, 'Look, Lord, I will give to the poor half of all that I have; and if I have cheated anyone, I restore fourfold. " Jesus said to him, 'Today salvation has come to this house, because this man is also a descendant of Abraham "(Luke 19: 8-9)..
What about the sense of loss with Habakkuk began his conversation with God ?: "How long should prank call I ask for help, and you do not hear me?" Think of the Torah - the law - as a string of words, a line guide, prank call tying people to YHWH throughout history. In witnessing the lack of justice and law, Habakkuk's complaint is that the people and God, have let loose the cable, resulting in a sense of displacement, for the prophet, at least. He asks the Lord and then sees an end to the crisis through direct and immediate action of God. God answered, however, with a call to action to Habakkuk and to the people fidelity. Christians speak of faith and knowledge you have, that separates them from the physical works, but the Hebrew word Emunah means a firmness of action (old - hebrew.org) to the Torah, keeping in connection with the power words , with YHWH. God's answer is that God is with the people, through history; the Lord will work, people prank call should also stand firm in the law.
Scripture, especially the Psalms, is participatory, such as learning and wisdom. Words are not just lifeless objects on a page; but they remind us every day and are the celebrations of the word of God and teaching including the Torah. Psalm 119 is an excellent example for us. For the Psalmist, the word of God must be held in one's life: "Give me understanding, and I shall live" (verse 144). To put it another way, "the word is the reason and the opportunity for the human heart is a totality" (Interpretation: Psalms, 385 p.).
Try to read these verses aloud in a variety of ways. Start by reading aloud to himself alone, in a quiet, contemplative space. What words of the psalmist evoke for you? Discuss this with others.
Read verses in a small group, each person takes a turn reading one line each, repeating through the group, prank call until they have pronounced prank call all lines. Discuss the experience. Does this kind of reading aloud Psalm changed their understanding? Why? What words stand out?
As with other Pauline epistles, queen controversy among scholars as to who is the true author of 2 Tesalonicenses- Paul himself was he or a disciple? Some commentators even use the word "fake", a harsh word. This argument can be very annoying. However, if we consider the apocalyptic and eschatological ideas expressed in this letter, then either Paul or a disciple who wrote the letter can be problematic for some because the author presents a different Christology prank call of the other epistles. Today's lesson omits verses 5-10, in which the author describes the Lord Jesus as "revealed from heaven with his mighty angels lit up with fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus "(vv.7b-8). This is very different from 1 Thessalonians 9 image: "For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Today's passage opens with a greeting of Paul, Silas and Timothy to the "church of the Thessalonians" prank call (v. 1) and continues with the author (s) giving thanks and praying for the brothers and sisters of the community. Paul's letters usually begin in this way, so we often underestimate these lines. Also we can not give importance to some extent because they are written by an apostle, in a country setting. In our postmodern culture and technology, we can also find this picturesque open-we rarely write more letters, prefer Facebook, Twitter, email and text messages prank call to communicate.
Is it important that we, as Christians, we incorporate prayer and thanksgiving to our everyday written communications? prank call How can we be more intentional in participating in writing this?
One of the themes in the center of San Lucas is the journey; the Gospel shows the reason for travel in several ways, primarily through the descriptions of the journey of Jesus and the disciples on the road to Jerusalem prank call (Reading Lucas, 342 p.). Jesus meets many along the way, in today's passage, Zacchaeus is a chief tax collector. A recaudad

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