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"Expect the Unexpected," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
 | "The early church did not expect the
growth that Paul's efforts provided. Are we surprised when our prayers are
answered or when our relationship with God changes? How do we react?" |
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"Acts
14: Ideology of Difference," from "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical
Interpretation in the Acts of the Apostles" at Dr. Vernon Robbins'
Encyclopedia
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
| "The fun the narrator has with his culturally informed audience occurs at
the expense of Jewish tradition. Jews, whose overall behavior is 'wolflike', transform the
hospitable Lycaonians into wolflike people, willingly stoning Paul and leaving him for
dead after they had initially been hospitable. Despite all the 'Jewish' tradition that
informs the Lukan story, what the reader hears again and again is rhetoric that suggests
that Christianity is something quite distinct from, and quite opposed to, 'the
Jews'." |
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Clip Art,
Acts 14:27, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators. |
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