Sunday, July 23, 2023

Readings: 

Genesis 28:10-19a

Romans 8:12-25

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

This week, we hear of God’s presence in the places of weakness and vulnerability. We discuss the difference between “fixing” and “healing,” and the significance of patience in the story of God and his people.

Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1982).

Jerome, Homilies on the Psalms.

John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis, 54.17.

Augustine, Glaphyra on Genesis, 3-4.

Bede, Homilies on the Gospels, 1.17.

Tom Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part One, Chapters 1-15 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002).

Robert Farrar Capon, Kingdom, Grace, Judgement: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002).