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Lingering on the Lectionary: Does Your Neighbor Need your Good Works? Reflection on the readings for September 5 from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost). Texts: Ps 125; Prov 22; James 2. 

Lingering on the Lectionary: The Character of the King & the Heart of the Matter Reflection on the readings for August 29 from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost). Texts: Ps 45; Song of Songs 2.8–13; Mk 7.1–23; James 1.17–27. 

In this discussion, I talk with Zach M. Bowden about his teaching and academic work in Church History and Historical Theology. We also discuss one of his essays on the church in the Medieval era & some of our formative experiences in theological education. Zach is an Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Cedarville University.   You can read the essay we discuss in Historical Theology for the Church (B&H, 2020). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143...   You can also catch this interview as part of the Lingering on the Lectionary podcast: https://linktr.ee/lectionary   Thanks for listening!

Lingering on the Lectionary: Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?  Reflection on the readings for August 22 from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost). Texts: 1 Kgs 8.1–43; Ps 84; Jn 6.56–69; Eph 6.10–20.

Lingering on the Lectionary: The Terror and Comfort of Pursuing Wisdom Reflection on the readings for August 15 from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost). Texts: 1 Kgs 3:3–14; Ps 111; Jn 6:51–58; Eph 5:15–20.   

In this discussion, I talk with Jonathan D. Watson about his new book: In The Name of Our Lord: Four Models of the Relationship Between Baptism, Catechesis, and Communion (Lexham Press).   Jonathan is Chair and Associate Professor of Christian Studies at Charleston Southern University. In our discussion, he shares his insights on the logic of the church's liturgy, the beauty of the gospel, and the significance of what we do as a gathered congregation of believers.   I also confess that I once called ecclesiology the most boring loci in all of Systematic Theology.    Thanks for listening!   Buy his book! https://amzn.to/2Uert7p   Read One of His Related Journal Articles "The Ongoing 'Use' of Baptism: A Hole in the Baptist (Systematic) Baptistery"

Lingering on the Lectionary: Reflection on the readings for June 27 from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year B, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost). Texts: 2 Sam 1:1, 17–27 Psalm 130 Mark 5:21–43.