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“Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.... Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.” - From Romans 16:1-16 (NIV)
“Don’t Call It a List!”
Back in the late ‘80s the preacher Fred Craddock thundered these words when speaking on this passage, imagining Paul remembering his experience with each of the people he listed. He says:
“IN THE LIST there is a husband and wife, Aquila and Priscilla. There’s a man and his mother, Rufus, and his mother. There is a brother and sister, Nereus and his sister. There are brothers, Andronicus and Junias. There are sisters, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. There is an old man, Epaenetus. Isn’t that an interesting profile of the church? There’s a single woman, Mary. There’s a single man, Herodion. Not a lot of nuclear family there at all except as Christ has called them together. . . . [But] Paul doesn’t call it a list”
Craddock is right, there are people from all over: and this is yet another picture of a “Kingdom Family” more than the nuclear family. There are people who went to jail with Paul, people who treated Paul as a child like Rufus’ mom who was a mother to Paul as well. But there is one detail Craddock got wrong.
In that list, the name is “Junia” not “Junias.” Paul calls a woman and (likely) her husband: “outstanding among the Apostles.”
Read more at https://www.fbcmuncie.org/post/spiritual-mothers
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Audio-Only Podcast Bumper Music is an arrangement of “Be Thou My Vision” by Dr. Clifton Davis, FBCM’s Worship Arts Pastor.
First Baptist Church, Muncie, Indiana is a Spirit-led Community gathered to join Christ’s presence in our community.
We gather at 309 East Adams Street, Muncie, Indiana, 47305, each week. Our worship service is at 10:45 a.m.
Our current scriptural watchword for this season is “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45).
These message recordings are meant to be shared.
Please rate us 5 stars on Spotify, Apple Music, or your podcasting app of choice and share with family and friends.
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By First Baptist Church Muncie Indiana“Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.... Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.” - From Romans 16:1-16 (NIV)
“Don’t Call It a List!”
Back in the late ‘80s the preacher Fred Craddock thundered these words when speaking on this passage, imagining Paul remembering his experience with each of the people he listed. He says:
“IN THE LIST there is a husband and wife, Aquila and Priscilla. There’s a man and his mother, Rufus, and his mother. There is a brother and sister, Nereus and his sister. There are brothers, Andronicus and Junias. There are sisters, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. There is an old man, Epaenetus. Isn’t that an interesting profile of the church? There’s a single woman, Mary. There’s a single man, Herodion. Not a lot of nuclear family there at all except as Christ has called them together. . . . [But] Paul doesn’t call it a list”
Craddock is right, there are people from all over: and this is yet another picture of a “Kingdom Family” more than the nuclear family. There are people who went to jail with Paul, people who treated Paul as a child like Rufus’ mom who was a mother to Paul as well. But there is one detail Craddock got wrong.
In that list, the name is “Junia” not “Junias.” Paul calls a woman and (likely) her husband: “outstanding among the Apostles.”
Read more at https://www.fbcmuncie.org/post/spiritual-mothers
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Audio-Only Podcast Bumper Music is an arrangement of “Be Thou My Vision” by Dr. Clifton Davis, FBCM’s Worship Arts Pastor.
First Baptist Church, Muncie, Indiana is a Spirit-led Community gathered to join Christ’s presence in our community.
We gather at 309 East Adams Street, Muncie, Indiana, 47305, each week. Our worship service is at 10:45 a.m.
Our current scriptural watchword for this season is “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45).
These message recordings are meant to be shared.
Please rate us 5 stars on Spotify, Apple Music, or your podcasting app of choice and share with family and friends.