30 October - 5 November 2011
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30 October - 5 November 2011
Proper 26
Matthew 23.1-12Context
We move, this week, to the opening of Matthew 23, a chapter in which Jesus laments much that has gone wrong in the practice of faith in his day. Our reading does not run to the minutiae, but opens up the context into which Jesus is speaking. The heart, for us, is in the last two verses of our passage.
Common thread: Practise what you teach (Matthew 23.1-12)
Casual reading of the Gospels can lead to a simplistic perception of the Pharisees and scribes playing the ‘baddies’ to Jesus the ‘goody’. More careful attention to biblical Judaism is needed to correct this misconception. Here we consider our approaches to learning and teaching, and the avoidance of hypocrisy.
An alternative thread, Working day and night, concludes the series on 1 Thessalonians.
These resources were first published in Issue 55 September/October 2011.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 26 Year A
Micah 3.5-12
Psalm 43
1 Thessalonians 2.9-13
Matthew 23.1-12
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30 October - 5 November 2011
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