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John 11:1-45
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 | Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
Eternal Life. |
|
"World Light," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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Chapter X, The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians,
Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer Version - 4th cent interpolation) |
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XXXVII.46-61;
XXXVIII.1-29;
Tatian's
Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
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IV.V.2, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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I.2, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter
X, Considering Repentance,
Tertullian
(c. 203) |
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Chapter
XXIII,
Chapter
XXVI, Against Praxeas,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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I.5,
I.11,
1.25, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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VI.24,
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St.
Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
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VII.XVI, Against
Celsus,
Origen.
(c.246) |
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On the
Mortality --
Cyprian of
Carthage (c. 252) |
| From Augustine's Tractates on John:
Tractate 49:
(11:1-54).
 | "Every man who lies in that
dire moral condition has it said to him, "He cometh to the
tomb."" |
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| From the Geneva Notes.
| "Christ, in restoring the
rotting body of his friend to life, shows an example both of his
mighty power, and also of his singular good will toward men: and
this is also an image of the resurrection to come." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "A true Christian, when he
dies, does but sleep; he rests from the labours of the past day.
Nay, herein death is better than sleep, that sleep is only a short
rest, but death is the end of earthly cares and toils." |
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| The Resurrection of
Lazarus (John 11:43-44): sermon by George Whitefield. |
| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "If the Jews buried as the
Egyptians did, the face was not covered with it, but it only went
round the forehead, and under the chin; so that he might easily see
his way." |
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| "A
Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!" John 11:14,15, Charles H.
Spurgeon, 1864. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Says BENGEL beautifully,
"Sleep is the death of the saints, in the language of heaven;
but this language the disciples here understood not; incomparable is
the generosity of the divine manner of discoursing, but such is the
slowness of men's apprehension that Scripture often has to descend
to the more miserable style of human discourse." |
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| "Beloved,
and Yet Afflicted," John 11:3, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1880. |
| "Though
He Were Dead," John 11:24-26, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1884. |
| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Christ makes the grand,
striking declaration that he is the RESURRECTION AND
THE LIFE, words that never could have
fallen from the lips of a sane mortal. They mean that he is the
power which opens every grave, gives life to the sleepers, and calls
them forth to a new existence; that the life that endows men with
eternal being is in him and proceeds from him. In the light of his
own resurrection they mean that when he burst open the tomb he did
it for humanity and in him humanity has won the victory over
death." |
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| "Even
Now," John 11:22, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892. |
| "Oh,
How He Loves!" John 11:36, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1910. |
| "The
Welcome Visitor," John 11:28-32, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1915. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary:
Lent 5,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2002.
| "The point of the saying, and
ultimately of the narrative as a whole, is to make and celebrate the claim
that people who believe in Jesus find life. It is eternal life, which
includes timelessness or eternity in the temporal sense, but the focus is
quality not quantity. It is sharing the life of God here and now and
forever." |
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John 11:1-45, Lent 5A,
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Jesus and Lazarus,"
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
| "Jesus taught us that God, our
Heavenly Father, always heard him, and by implication, always hears
us as well." |
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"The Confession of Martha and the Anger of Jesus,"
Kenneth E. Bailey, Presbyterian Outlook,
2008. (Requires free registration.)
| "Has our awareness of the
acceptance by Jesus of the way of sorrows in Gethsemane prevented us
from reflecting on the anger behind the silent Jesus during his
trial and crucifixion?" |
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Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Lent 5. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church, 2005.
| "Open every dark
place to light and air; this is the time to uncover and unbind!" |
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"Jesus
Wept,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey
with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
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"Part of Christian maturity involves learning to wait. We ought to
be confident not so much about our chances for a rosy outcome, or
about exactly where, when and how God will act, but confident that
He will act." |
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Exegesis, vanThanh Nguyen, Lectionary Homiletics Sample.
| "Jesus also cries out to each one
of us to "come out" of our darkness and fear so that we might truly
live in perfect union with Jesus as he is with the Father." |
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"Fifth Sunday in Lent: John 11:1-53,"
New Sight, New Life: Lenten Gospels, Gracia Grindal,
Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther
Northwestern Theological School, 1996. |
| Lectionary
Commentary and Preaching Paths (Lent A5), by Jirair Tashjian, at The
Christian Resource Institute.
| "Christ’s death and
resurrection have forever changed the meaning of our own mortality
and the meaning of life." |
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Exegetical Notes
(Lent 5), by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
| "It is quite possible that Mary and
Martha, as single women, were dependent upon Lazarus. His death would be
more than just the loss of a brother, but of their means of living (Malina
& Rohrbaugh, p. 195)." |
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"Back to Life," Suzanne Guthrie, The Christian Century, 2005.
| "Lazarus comes forth from death
for death, this time not by disease but perhaps by the disturbed
Sanhedrin -- to be put to death for responding to life, Just as
Jesus would be put to death for bringing forth life." |
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"Hope in a Time of Loss," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic
Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family
Activity, Support Materials.
| "What was the last
funeral you attended? Was the deceased close to you? Did you need time to
grieve?" |
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"Unbind
Him and Let Him Go,"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "The work of Jesus is to bring life;
the work of the congregation is to unbind people from the trappings of
death. The words that Christ speaks are so full; he literally tells the
‘congregation’; 'Destroy what holds him down. Send him forth free.'" |
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| Exegetical
Notes
(All Saints B), By Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian
Resources.
| "This text illustrates that
our sainthood comes solely through the power of God. Dead Lazarus
could do nothing for himself (or for God). He could only passively
receive the new life God gave him." |
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"Grief and Glory," Frederick J. Streets, The Christian Century,
1993.
| "Suffering and loss may not be
necessary for being led to God, but death seems an unavoidable part of the
journey." |
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| "Martha,"
Sarah M. Foulger,
Stirred by the Light
- Voices of Lent. |
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"I Am the
Resurrection and the Life,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"A
Twofold Death and Resurrection," Fred B. Craddock, The
Christian Century, March, 1999. At Religion Online.
| "Faith is always first
generation, with an immediacy about it that does not distinguish
between our being there and his being here." |
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| "The
Resurrection and the Life (John 11:1-53)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "If God is God at all, He is
God of all. It is impossible for God to be God and not to be
responsible (ultimately) for all that occurs. By this I do not mean
to say that God is the source of all evil, but that God is
responsible for including the existence of evil, tragedy, and
suffering in His plan." |
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John 11:32-44, All Saints Day B,
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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John 11:21-27, Remembrance Sunday,
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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| Articles & Background:
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Lazarus, Wikipedia
article. |
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"The Meaning of Vocation," A.J. Conyers, (other resources at)
"Vocation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
| "'Vocation' is
distorted by two disastrous misunderstandings: a secularized idea of
'career' and a monastic concept of the religious life." |
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| "The Sociology of
Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, in What Is John? Vol.
II: Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, 79-109. F. Segovia, ed.
Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
| "Once we start to pull back the veil, we notice numerous instances
of hiding-revealing, secrecy, ambiguity and even lying. The following is an attempt to
catalogue the primary and related instances of secrecy and "information control"
in the document." |
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"Spirituality
and the Avoidant Personality," L. Rebecca Propst, Lewis and
Clark College. Theology Today, 1992.
| "Dorothee Soelle in her
critique of post-Christian apathy states that we are so dominated by
the goal of avoiding suffering that we wall out the world and assume
we have a God who does the same. But pain can be good if it furthers
the process of its own abolition." |
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"Women
and Conflict," Pamela Cooper-White at The Living Pulpit.
| "Women often avoid
disagreement in order to preserve relationship, but often at the
expense of their own truth and sometimes their safety as well." |
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"Households of Faith," Dr. Mary Coloe,
Pacifica, 2000. |
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"The
Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Paul S. Minear, Yale
University. Theology Today, 1993.
| "We are now in a position to
resolve the apparent contradiction in the two promises given by
Jesus to Martha. As the life, Jesus promised believers that they
would never die; as the resurrection, he indicated the kind of dying
that would lead to resurrection. The death from which believers were
promised immunity was the death in sin.... Those who live 'in
Christ' will never suffer that death. The death that followers of
Christ would die was another thing entirely." |
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| Tears
from Jewish Heritage OnLine Magazine. |
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"Did Jesus Really Raise
Lazarus from the Dead?" James Merrill Hamilton Jr., bible.org. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bauermeister, Paul,
"The Lazarus Lesson," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
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| Brown, Raymond E.,
S.S.,
"Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel," Theological Studies, 1975.
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Burghardt, Walter J., S.J.,
"A Child Is Born to Us; A Child Is Torn from Us: A Letter to Grieving
Parents,"
The Living Pulpit, 2003.
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| Burkett, Delbert,
"Two Accounts of Lazarus' Resurrection in John 11," Novum Testamentum,
1994.
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| Chung, Sook Ja,
"Bible Study: Women's Ways of Doing Mission in the Story of Mary and
Martha," International Review of Mission, 2004.
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| Cooper-White, Pamela,
"Women and Conflict," The Living Pulpit, 1994.
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| Craddock, Fred B.,
"Jesus Wept: John 11:32-44," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
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| Craddock, Fred B.,
"A Twofold Death and Resurrection," The Christian Century, 1990.
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| Grindal, Gracia, "New Sight, New
Life: Lenten Gospels," Word & World, 1996.
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| Guthrie, Suzanne,
"Back to Life," The Christian Century, 2005.
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| Howard, James M.,
"The Significance of Minor Characters in the Gospel of John,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006. (see section beginning on page 75)
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| Hunter, W. Bingham,
"Contextual and Genre Implications for the Historicity of John 11:41b-42,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1985.
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| Minear, Paul S.,
"The Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Theology Today,
1993.
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| O'Day, Gail R.,
"Jesus As Friend in the Gospel of John," Interpretation, 2004.
(See also,
Friendship, issue focus of
Interpretation, 2004.)
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| Propst, L. Rebecca,
"Spirituality and the Avoidant Personality," Theology Today,
1992.
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| Reid, Barbara E.,
"The Cross and Cycles of Violence," Interpretation, 2004. (See
section beginning on p. 381) (See also entire issue:
Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
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| Robertson, Anne,
"Between Text & Sermon: John 11:1-53," Interpretation, 2004.
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| Schneiders, Sandra M.,
IHM,
"Death in the Community of Eternal Life: History, Theology and Spirituality
in John 11," Interpretation, 1987.
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| Streets, Frederick J.,
"Grief and Glory," The Christian Century, 1993.
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| Taylor, Barbara Brown,
"Can These Bones Live?" The Christian Century, 1996.
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| Wardlaw, Theodore J.,
"When Jesus Wept: John 11:1-45," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
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| Webb-Mitchell, Brett,
"Lessons on Breathing: John 11:1-45," Journal for Preachers,
1997.
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| Wray, Judith Hoch,
"Preaching Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
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| Wuellner, Wilhelm,
"Putting Life Back into the Lazarus Story and Its Reading: The Narrative
Rhetoric of John 11 as the Narration of Faith," Semeia, 1991.
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| Reviews:
| Esler, Philip and Ronald A. Piper,
Lazarus, Mary and Martha: A Social-Scientific and Theological Reading
of John. SCM, 2006.
Reviews
by Jan G. van der Watt and Peter Phillips,
Review of Biblical Literature,
2007/08. |
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| Sermons:
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"Unbind Him and Let Him Go!" the Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Day
1, 2008. |
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"An
In-Between Time," the Rev. Joy Yee, Day 1, 2006. |
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"Lazarus: Jesus Bursting into Tears,"
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church,
Seattle, Washington. |
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November 5, 2006, All Saints Day,
Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a
team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
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"Easter and the
Fear of Death," the Rev. Dr. John Claypool, 30 Good Minutes,
Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1997. |
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"A Dead Man,"
John Jewell,
1999. |
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"Weeping with One Eye,"
the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1,
1996. |
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"The Grief and the
Glory," the Rev. Sheila C. Gustafson,
Day 1, 1996. |
| Father Andrew M. Greeley,
"Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary
and Homily:
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| With Children:
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"Mary, Martha
and Lazarus,"
Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages,
activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Raising of
Lazarus," Fr Max Bowers, Kids Church. |
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"A Savior Who
Weeps," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"Back
from the Dead!" Rosemarie Ann Haas, The Children's Chapel. |
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"Jesus Recalls
Lazarus to Life," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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"Reading Signs," Lois Parker Edstrom, Lectionary.org. |
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"Lazarus Come
Forth," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com. |
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"Jesus Raises
Lazarus,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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Gospel Puzzles,
John 11:1-45, Mark Ryman, edoxy.com. |
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"Overtime," Bryan
Clements, sermons4kids.com. |
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Jesus
Raises Lazarus Wordsearch,
Jesus Raises
Lazarus Maze, sermons4kids.com. |
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| Drama:
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"Louisiana Bones
- Walking with God," Heather Cooper, dramatix. |
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"Cryonics," John
McNeil, dramatix. |
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"Lazarus of Bethany," Doug Boatright, dramatix. |
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"Ophelia and the Alive Again Feast!" Michelle Pitman, dramatix. |
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"Good Grief!" puppet script, Mark
McClintock, (other resources at)
"Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2003. |
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