Lectionary
Ruminations 2.0 is a revised continuation of Lectionary Ruminations. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised
Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, Lectionary
Ruminations 2.0 draws on nearly thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often
more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries
I intend with comments and questions to encourage reflection and rumination for
readers preparing to teach, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are
invited and encouraged. All lectionary
links are to the via the PC(USA) Devotions and
Readings website.
1:1 What is an oracle? Why
are oracles seen rather than heard? What is the difference between an oracle
and a vision?
1:2 It sounds like Habakkuk
is growing impatient. Was the LORD really not listening or was that just Habakkuk’s
impression?
1:3 This can sound very
timely in our contemporary context.
1:4 What law is Habakkuk
saying is becoming slack?
2:1 Is this a physical or a
metaphorical watchpost and rampart?
2:2 Why has the “oracle” of
1:1 become a “vision”? Can a vision
always be translated into words? Are the
tablets an allusion to the Torah? What
kind of writing is required to be read by a runner?
2:3 So this is a vision of
an impending, yet to come vision?
2:4 Is it impossible to be
both proud and righteous, righteous and proud?
119:137 What a smooth segue
from Habakkuk 2:4 to this verse! Does a righteous god not presume right
judgements?
119:138 What is the
relationship between righteousness and faithfulness?
119:139 Have you ever been
consumed by zeal?
119:140 What promise? What does “well tried” mean?
119:141 Small in comparison
to what or who?
119:142 Is God’s law true
by itself, or true because it is God’s law?
119:143 What commandments
is the Psalmist referring to? Would most
Christians today consider God’s commandments a delight?
119:144 What sort of
understanding is the Psalmist praying for? How does understanding lead to life?
119:137-144 How many
synonyms for “law” can you find in this reading? After the Frist Reading, I can
almost hear Habakkuk speaking these words.
1:1 What do you know about
Silvanus? What do you know about
Thessaloniki?
1:2 How do Trinitarians
deal with a non-Trinitarian greeting?
1:3 How does Paul know that
the Thessalonians’ faith is growing and their love is increasing? What were his metrics?
1:4 What persecutions and
afflictions was Paul referring to?
1:11 Why I am I thinking of
the movie Wayne’s World?
1:12 Is the name of Jesus
Christ glorified in you? Are you
glorified in him?
19:1 What do you know about
Jericho?
19:2 What matters more—the
man’s name, occupation, or that he was rich?
19:3 Why do people want to
see important and famous people? Might
“short in stature” refer to more than this man’s physical height?
19:4 Is there anything
special, significant, or symbolic about sycamore trees?
19:5 How did Jesus know
Zacchaeus was there? How did Jesus know
his name? What is the meaning of “must”?
19:6 Who would have been
unhappy to welcome Jesus?
19:7 Might “All who saw it”
be a hyperbole? How could “all who saw
it” know that Zacchaeus was a sinner? What was the nature of his sin?
19:8 What might have
motivated what Zacchaeus said? Should we hold up “half” and “four times” as
benchmarks?
19:9 What might be the
meaning of “Today salvation has come to this house”? Would salvation have come to his house if he
were not a son of Abraham? Was Jesus the salvation?
19:10 Why does Jesus often
refer to himself as “the Son of Man”?
Does what Jesus say mean that Zacchaeus was in fact lost but is now
saved?
ADDENDUM
I will begin serving as the Interim Pastor of
the Richmond United Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Ohio on Tuesday, November 1st,
2016. Sunday Worship begins at 11:00 AM.
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