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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2022/10/16

Scripture . . .

Scripture. Holy Writ. The Bible. What do we do with it? I am sure even asking the question, “What do we do with Scripture?” makes some people uncomfortable. The goal isn’t to make anyone feel uncomfortable but to ask the question and mean it! What do we do with Scripture? Do we take every word […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / biblical studies, hermeneutics, interpretation, preaching, scripture Leave a Comment

2016/09/04

How to deal with confusion

That’s a pretty substantial goal, telling anyone how to deal with confusion, so maybe I better lay out some of the parameters. I am not promising to help you deal with every area of confusion you might be facing in your life. What I am promising, or at least hoping, is to help you deal […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / confused, confusion, hermeneutics, interpret, interpretation, Luke, preaching Leave a Comment

2013/09/15

A micro primer on hermeneutics

This Sunday’s sermons come from the Lectionary’s Gospel lesson, which is taken from Luke, in fact Luke 14:25-33 (click here for the texts). The actual title of the sermons is “Hyperbole” and what I was attempting to do was to provide some guidance into how we interpret, or at least hear, the hyperbolic statements and […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / exaggeration, hermeneutics, hyperbole, interpretation, rhetoric, rhetorical device Leave a Comment

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