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Category Archives: The Sermon on the Mount
Nonresistance and context
The Resistance is the name now used for die-hard opposition to the Trump administration. It recalls the partisans, particularly in France, who resisted the Nazi occupation. Sometimes this resistance has been violent. When the press reports a “mostly peaceful” protest, … Continue reading
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Tagged resistance, Sermon on the Mount, violence
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Milgrom-undoing sacrilege
One of the difficulties of working through James Milgrom’s commentary, Leviticus, is that he goes over the same ground that I have already written about. He states an opinion and he backs it up more fully later. In my last … Continue reading
Allison-Conclusion
The Sermon on the Mount ends by pushing very hard the idea that there are two ways of life. There are two gates, one wide and one narrow, leading to either death or life (Matthew 7:13-14). There are the two kinds of trees, … Continue reading
Allison-The non-rule nature of the golden rule
I am nearing the end of Dale Allison’s The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. The 7th chapter of Matthew turns from the topic of possessions to that of how to treat others. First off, we hear that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Allison, gifts of God, Golden Rule, judging
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Allison-Anxiety
Don’t be anxious. Like you can do that because somebody–even Jesus– commands it of you! I always think about Paul the Apostle. He knew Christ’s command about anxiety. He passed it on to the Philippians. “Have no anxiety about anything” (Philippians … Continue reading
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Allison-the healthy eye
I continue to read Dale Allison’s The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. Today I report on his dealing with Matthew 6:19-24. In 19-21 we hear that we should accumulate wealth in heaven. This is for two reasons. … Continue reading
Allison-Genuine Religion
In Matthew 6 the Lord’s Prayer stands amidst a series of condemnations of hypocritical piety. Here hypocrites don’t so much say one thing and do another as act for public display and not authentically. Jesus tells his followers to avoid … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Allison, Forgiveness, Prayer, Religon, Reward
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Allison-Public or private?
Dale Allison, in his The Sermon on the Mount, now moves on to Matthew 6 where Jesus talks about how to practice authentic religion. Today I will just put up a brief note about what seems like a contradiction within … Continue reading
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Allison-On loving even those people
Today I again take up Dale Allison’s The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination. When Jesus taught, the impression he left was that “he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes“ (Mark 1:22). If Jesus … Continue reading
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