tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post7826284192575907054..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: A Way Out (Of Reading 1 Corinthians)Undergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-6296192630910317442010-03-08T16:13:39.440-05:002010-03-08T16:13:39.440-05:00That sermon you linked to was interesting, but mis...That sermon you linked to was interesting, but missed the point of the fig tree parable. Perhaps the author doesn't know much about fig cultivation. A fig tree should begin to bear fruit 2-4 years after transplanting. It's very likely Jesus and his audience knew that a fig tree that hadn't borne fruit after four years wasn't likely to and wasn't worth wasting more effort on. So the stay of one more year, coupled with cultivation and manuring, was in fact a last chance. The parable speaks not of bearing fruit in our own good time, but of the urgent need for repentance.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-5990274354906298092010-03-08T13:39:26.070-05:002010-03-08T13:39:26.070-05:00Randall, It sounds like you are in a good place.
...Randall, It sounds like you are in a good place.<br /><br />Ah, the sermons are starting to roll in. The Episcopal church's pages <a href="http://www.dfms.org/sermons_that_work_119633_ENG_HTM.htm" rel="nofollow">"Sermons That Work"</a> posted one which, as expected, makes no mention of Paul's letter.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-67011964808105492872010-03-08T08:12:00.405-05:002010-03-08T08:12:00.405-05:00This was one of the two readings for Missouri Syno...This was one of the two readings for Missouri Synod Lutherans this week, too. (I attended a Saturday night service as my boys were singing.) Alas, the pastor used the passage as a call to repentance from sin, instead of as an example of outmoded cultural mores.<br /><br />Of course, then Sunday, my (Baptist) pastor preached from Joshua and the Israelite defeat at Ai, suggesting that sin in our own lives can have a devastating effect not only on our walk, but on our family and the Church as well, thereby necessitating that we all "search our tents" for buried sin and repent, knowing that our God's grace is sufficient to forgive us.<br /><br />It therefore seems like there are a few denominations which are on the same repentance page.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-83252183337343703222010-03-07T18:44:23.041-05:002010-03-07T18:44:23.041-05:00Thanks P!Thanks P!Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-44195320487590001592010-03-07T16:30:47.571-05:002010-03-07T16:30:47.571-05:00Thank you, Pewster. Nicely done.Thank you, Pewster. Nicely done.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632860530530786486noreply@blogger.com