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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost; 23 July 2023; Proper 11A (RCL); Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23; Romans 18:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.
More on wheat and tares below, but I want to start with the Romans reading. Paul’s theological vision is stunning. Creation is not yet complete; it is coming to birth. And it was subjected to futility by none other than God. What can this mean?
Continue reading “Labor pains”23 July 2017
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 11A (RCL)
Genesis 28:10-19a
Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23
Romans 8:12-25
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Paul is always a good place to start. In this passage, Paul speaks of the adoption of Christians as sons (he uses the image of sonship in the Greek, for theological purposes – Israel was God’s son; Jesus was God’s son; Christians are God’s son) as fundamentally important to the salvation of the entire cosmos. Just as the first humans were to be the stewards of the cosmos, so the covenant with Abraham was to restore the distorted relationship between humanity and the cosmos. Now, the revelation of the glory of Christians as heir of God and joint heirs with Christ will finally accomplish what the previous covenants have not been able to accomplish: the restoration of the glory of the cosmos. Continue reading “The covenant of holiness”