Time Made Strange: Preaching In Ordinary Time

The Sundays in Ordinary Time represent a challenge for the biblical preacher. Powerful forces at work delude God’s people into thinking that we ought to be at home in the world’s time. Yet, by the grace of God, we are given the time to enjoy proclaiming the truth of God with us in our time. Faithful...

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Main Author: Willimon, William H. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2013
In: Interpretation
Year: 2013, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 256-268
Further subjects:B Extraordinary
B Homiletics
B Jesus
B Preaching
B Liturgical Calendar
B Eschatology
B Ordinary Time
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Summary:The Sundays in Ordinary Time represent a challenge for the biblical preacher. Powerful forces at work delude God’s people into thinking that we ought to be at home in the world’s time. Yet, by the grace of God, we are given the time to enjoy proclaiming the truth of God with us in our time. Faithful preaching in Ordinary Time maintains the eschatological sense that our time has been permanently disrupted and commandeered by the risen Christ. In the Sundays of Ordinary Time, biblical preachers are privileged to proclaim that surprising, wondrous intrusions by a living God have become the new “ordinary.”
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964313483974