Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (proper 21): September 25, 2005.(Preaching Helps)
From: Currents in Theology and Mission
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Date: 8/1/2005
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Author: Hilfiger, Gary
Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
Psalm 25:1-8
Philippians 2:1-13
Matthew 21:23-32
First Reading
It may be helpful to read Philippians 1:1-2:18 as one unit, a meditation on the meaning of Paul's imprisonment. Take the Greek noun kenos and its verb kenoo as a starting point. In 2:7 Paul writes about Christ: "but emptied [ekenosen third-person singular aorist] himself, taking the form of a slave." We pick up the noun in 2:16: "It is by holding fast to the word of life that I ...
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