Tenth Sunday after Pentecost; 6 August 2023; Proper 13A (RCL); Genesis 32:22-31; Psalm 17:1-7, 16; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:13-21.
I know, I know. August 6 is the Feast of the Transfiguration, which takes precedence over a Sunday. But I didn’t want to miss the chance to preach on Romans 9, so I asked permission of my bishop to use Proper 13 instead, and received it. As we’ve been reading Paul’s argument over the summer, it is clear that he is using the epic of Israel as his outline. Adam, Abraham, slavery, freedom through baptism (the Red Sea), the giving of the law, and at last (in Chapter 8) the inheritance.
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