Justice for Men; Injustice for Women--Aug. 11, 2022

[From Aug. 11, 2016 archive]

 

For me, the boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places; 

I am a man; I have a goodly heritage. 

For my sisters in the faith, the places are not as pleasant. 

Jesus' disciples were astonished that he 

spoke to a woman. 

 

Stephen addressed his defense to brothers and fathers; 

women were not allowed. 

Samson liked the looks of a Philistine woman 

and asked his father to get her for him, 

as a child might ask for a toy.

 

Lectionary Readings                                                          

Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62

Judg. 14:1-19

Acts 6:15-7:16

John 4:27-42

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 16:6 

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; 
          I have a goodly heritage. 

 

Judg. 14:3 

But [Samson's] father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among your kin, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?”  But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she pleases me.” 

 

Acts 7:1-2a 

Then the high priest asked [Stephen], “Are these things so?”  And Stephen replied:

“Brothers and fathers, listen to me.  …” 

 

John 4:27 

Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?”