John wants us to hear the word, "abide," as being as viscerally real as "flesh" and "blood." And to hear the words, "flesh" and "blood," as dynamically real as "abide."
Year B
Pentecost 13
August 26, 2012
Sunday between August 21 and August 27 inclusive
Proper 16, Ordinary Time 21
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Sermon by the Rev. Dr. George Hermanson, "."
This is the last of 5 weeks devoted to Chapter 6 of the Gospel of John. Beginning with the sign of the feeding of 5,000 men plus an unknown number of women and children, the whole Chapter has used bread as an extended metaphor to describe both: what it is that Jesus is offering; and, what is the relationship Jesus wants us to have with him - and thereby also with the One who abides in him.
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