www.gettysburgsem.org/mhoffman/lectionary Lent Preaching Perspectives 26 January 2006 Mark Vitalis Hoffman Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg Online Lenten Resources at TextWeek General Resources Worship Planning Art and Music Devotionals Articles Weekly Blog at TextWeek First Sunday in Lent Year B First Sunday in Lent March 5, 2006 Genesis 9:8-17 - Covenant with Noah Psalm 25:1-9 - Do not remember the sins of my youth... 1 Peter 3:18-22 - For Christ also suffered for sins once for all... First Sunday in Lent Year B The Gospel of Mark Mark 1:9-15 Baptism Temptation Proclamation 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. 11 And a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." the heavens torn apart the curtain of the temple was torn in two 1
The Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark the Spirit descended into him and he expired "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him! "Truly this man was God's Son!" Baptism Is Jesus really God s s Son? Transfiguration framed by Passion predictions Crucifixion First Sunday in Lent Year B Mark 1:9-15 Baptism Temptation Proclamation http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/k/kramskoy3.jpg 12 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. Definition πειραζω πειρασμος 1. an attempt to learn the nature or character of someth., test, trial 2. an attempt to make one do someth. wrong, temptation, enticemen to sin. Relation to Lord s Prayer First Sunday in Lent Year B Mark 1:9-15 Baptism Temptation Proclamation http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/k/kramskoy3.jpg 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news. πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ μετανοεῖτε καὶ πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ. 2
First Sunday in Lent Year B What does it mean to be God s beloved and claimed as a child of God? Why are we tested / tempted? How do we experience the Dominion of God? What does it mean to repent? What s s so good about the good news? Second Sunday in Lent March 12, 2006 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 - Covenant with Abraham and Sarah Psalm 22:22-30 - "All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD" Romans 4:13-25 - Abraham's faith "reckoned to him as righteousness" Mark 8.21-26 Jesus heals a blind man, but it requires a two-step process. Mark 8:27-30 Who do people say that I am?... You are the Messiah. Mark 8:31-38 27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" 28 And they answered him, "John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets. 29 He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah." 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly. 30 And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 3
And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things." 34 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36 For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37 Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 38 Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." Why must Jesus suffer and die? What is the difference between setting one s s mind on human or on divine matters? What does it mean to deny self, take up one s s cross, and follow Jesus? How can losing one s s life to save it be experienced as more than just a cliché? Third Sunday in Lent March 19, 2006 Third Sunday in Lent Year B Exodus 20:1-17 - The Ten Commandments Third Sunday in Lent Year B John 2:13-22 Jesus Cleanses the Temple Psalm 19 - "The heavens are telling the glory of God... Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O LORD..." 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 - Foolishness of the cross 4
Giotto Rembrandt http://www.abcgallery.com/g/giotto/giotto19.jpg http://www.abcgallery.com/r/rembrandt/rembrandt195.jpg Third Sunday in Lent Year B John 2:13-22 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He told those who were selling the doves, Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father s house a marketplace! 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house will consume me. Third Sunday in Lent Year B John 2:13-22 18 The Jews then said to him, What sign can you show us for doing this? 19 Jesus answered them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 The Jews then said, This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days? 21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. Third Sunday in Lent Year B How do we deal with the violence of Jesus? When is it appropriate to display zeal? For what signs should we be looking? Fourth Sunday in Lent March 26, 2006 5
Fourth Sunday in Lent Year B Numbers 21:4-9 - Grumbling in the wilderness > the bronze serpent Fourth Sunday in Lent Year B John 3:14-21 Jesus and Nicodemus Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 - "O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good..." Ephesians 2:1-10 - "For by grace you have been saved through faith..." http://www.pitts.emory.edu/woodcuts/1712bibla/00002527.jpg Fourth Sunday in Lent Year B John 3:14-21 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Fourth Sunday in Lent Year B John 3:14-21 17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God." Fourth Sunday in Lent Year B How can John 3:16 be truly heard as good news? Fifth Sunday in Lent April 2, 2006 6
Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B Jeremiah 31:31-34 - A new covenant Psalm 51:1-13 ("Have mercy on me, O God...") or Psalm 119:9-16 ("Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes...") John 12:20-33 unless a grain of wheat Hebrews 5:5-10 - Jesus, a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek http://www.intotheground.com/img/wheat.jpg Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B John 12:20-33 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." 22 Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B John 12:20-33 23 Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor. Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B John 12:20-33 27 "Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say -- 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." 29 The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B John 12:20-33 30 Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die. 7
Fifth Sunday in Lent Year B How do we see Jesus? How do we experience death and life like a grain of wheat? Palm / Passion Sunday April 9, 2006 Palm Sunday - Year B Passion Sunday - Year B Psalm 118-1-2, 19-29 - "Open to me the gates of righteousness..." Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16 - Entry into Jerusalem Isaiah 50-4-9a - "...I gave my back to those who struck me..." Psalm 31-9-16 - "Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress" Philippians 2-5-11 - The Kenosis Christ Hymn Passion Sunday - Year B Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, (40-47) Palm / Passion Sunday - Year B How do we tell this story? Focus on the entry? On one aspect of the Passion or the whole story? What should people experience on this day? 8
Maundy Thursday - Year B Maundy Thursday April 13, 2006 Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 - Passover Psalm 116:1, 10-17 - "What shall I return to the LORD for all his bounty to me?" 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - Account of Lord's Supper Maundy Thursday - Year B John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Jesus washes disciples' feet > "A new commandment I give to you..." (mandatum novum do vobis) Good Friday April 14, 2006 Good Friday - Year B Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - "Suffering Servant" Psalm 22 - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me..." Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 - Jesus the high priest John 18:1-19:42 19:42 Patinir What decisions did the artist have to make? 9
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Comments Child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the Cross of Christ forever. 11