[From July 23, 2011
archive]
With great joy the church at Antioch received
their letter of exhortation from
Jerusalem.
Sometimes good news is welcomed.
At other times good news is not at all
appreciated.
Jesus made a triumphant return to his
hometown
only to have the townsmen take offense at
him.
And the man who honored King Saul's
request
to kill him expected a reward from David;
but David had him executed on the spot.
O God, help us not to jump to
conclusions--
the stone the builders rejected eventually
became the chief cornerstone.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149;
118; 111
2 Sam. 1:1-16
Acts 15:22-35
Mark 6:1-13
Selected Verses
Ps. 118:22
The stone that
the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.
has become the chief cornerstone.
2 Sam. 1:14-15
David said to [the
Amalekite], "Were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s
anointed?" Then David called one of the young men
and said, "Come here and strike him down." So he struck him down and he died.
Acts 15:30-31
So [Paul and his
companions] were sent off and went down to Antioch. When they gathered the congregation together,
they delivered the letter [from Jerusalem]. When its members read it, they rejoiced
at the exhortation.
Mark 6:3
"…Is not
this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas
and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?" And [the people of Jesus' home town] took
offense at him.
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