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Mark 8:27-38
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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
  • The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Exodus 3:11
  • "Before the Angels," "Saving One's Life," "Carrying One's Cross," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
  • The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
  • Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit: Self-Denial and No-Self.
  • XXIII.31, 41-43, 45-46, 48-49; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
  • III.XVI.5, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • VI.14, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
  • Chapter V, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
  • Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 7) Tertullian (c. 212)
  • XII.15, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
  • On the Lapsed -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 251)
  • Epistle LXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 253)From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "All that Christ suffered for us he suffered not unwillingly, neither as being unaware, but foreknowing it and willingly."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "As the happiness of heaven with Christ, is enough to make up for the loss of life itself for him, so the gain of all the world in sin, will not make up for the ruin of the soul by sin."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "Embrace the will of God, however painful, daily, hourly, continually. Thus only can he follow me in holiness to glory."
  • "Profit and Loss; Mark 18:56," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
    • "No man ever loses anything by counting the cost, knowing his own expenditure, and keeping his debtor and creditor pretty closely up; but many men have been ruined by attempts which have been suggested by a spirit of speculation, and fostered by a negligence of their own concerns, combined with absolute ignorance of their real financial position."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Mark 8:27-38, Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
    • "These verses are crucial for understanding the Gospel according to Mark as a whole and for fathoming what it means to be Christian."
  • "Preaching the Anti-King," David Lose, Working Preacher, 2012.
  • "All we have to do is trade what we've been led to believe is life for the real thing."
  • "Jesus Rejects the Title, 'The Christ','" D Mark Davis, raw translation and exegesis/questions, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
    • "I’m curious as to what role the “having turned and having seen his disciples” plays in this conversation..."
  • "Is Your Martrydom Also Dicsipleship?" Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2012.
    • "I am talking about the pain of living on for Jesus in the midst of a dying church. A church, too moribund to sail with the winds of change."
  • "Finding and Losing Life," Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2012.
    • "That word life (psyche) shows up four times in these two verses. The Hebrew version of psyche is the word nephesh."
  • Preaching Mark 8:27-38, Alyce M. McKenzie, Lectionary Homiletics sample, 2012.
  • Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2012.
  • Lectionary Greek, RJM, Mark 8:27-38, 2012.
  • "Taking Up Our Crosses," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
    • "Are you ever tempted to deny others the 'cross' that is theirs to take up? Why or why not?"
  • "Real World: Galilee," Mike Baughman, The Hardest Question, 2012.
    • "What happens when Jesus stops being polite and starts getting real?"
  • Comentario del Evangelio por Marisa Strizzi, Marcos 8:27-38, 2012.
  • Commentary, Mark 8:31-38, Marilyn Salmon, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
  • "Contradictions and perplexities dominate the gospel for the day."
  • "Disappointment with God," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2012.
    • "...like Peter, in Jesus and his cross and resurrection we discover, not the God we may want, but the God we desperately need. "
  • "Censuring and Calling," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
    • "The word ψυχὴν  (psyche, or “soul”) has been transliterated in English – e.g. psych-ology. It is often translated “soul.” Again, I am a little hesitant to use “soul” because it has become a “religious” word that signifies a part of the human person, as opposed to a common word that refers to one’s being more holistically."
  • "God the Game-Changer," Michael L. Cooper-White, Odyssey Networks' ON Scripture, 2012.
    • "If we look carefully around us, there are signs that game-changers are in our midst."
  • "Finders Weepers, Losers Keepers," Alyce M. McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2012.
    • "If you try to save that life in a self centered manner, you'll lose it."
  • "Following Jesus One Step at a Time," Kyle Childress, Ekklesia Project, 2012.
    • " Following Jesus and the way of the cross begins with small steps. Later, we’ll look up and discover where he’s led us."
  • "Lectionary Blogging," John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2012.
    • "The way of God is the stark paradox of the Son of God reigning from the cross, giving himself for the life of the world, which is to be emulated by followers of Jesus in giving themselves for the service of others, what we Lutherans call 'the theology of the cross.'"
  • "'Jesus, You'll Be the Death of Me!" Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2012.
    • "Jesus' rebuke acknowledges that it is human, but not helpful, to avoid the cross."
  • "Not a Super Hero, but an Authentic Human," Caspar Green, Scarlet Letter Bible, 2012.
    • "For those, like Peter, who are hoping for a knight on a white horse to sweep in at the last moment and save the day, the messianic expectation is bound to end in disappointment."
  • The Cost of Discipleship, Deny Yourself, Take up Your Cross, and Follow Me, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
  • "On Cross-Bearing," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
    • "Can you think of a time when another has taken on suffering or pain in your behalf?  Can you recall a time when you were called to that in behalf of another?"
  • "A Prayer from the Heart," Andrew Prior, First Impressions, 2012.
    • "By facing death, by taking up my cross and living the way of the kingdom, I guarantee an uncomfortable life. I will never feel comfortable in the shopping centre. But neither will I be seduced by it into an easy shallowness which is no life at all."
  • "Take Up Your What?" Rick Morley, 2012.
    • "Take up our cross? What cross? Oh, you mean a cross of crucifixion? The instrument of death for a slave?"
  • "Is Jesus the Human One?" Carl Gregg, The Hardest Question, 2012.
    • "Are you on the path to becoming a fully alive human being like Jesus was?"
  • "Ooops! Wrong Savior," Michael Coffey, 2012.
    • "It's really only the hard things in this life that end up telling us who we are, what we are made of, and what really matters."
  • Radical Gratitude: Pentecost 15B, Lent 2B, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
  • Commentary, Mark 8:31-38 (Lent 2), Sarah Henrich, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
  • Mark 8:31-38, Lent 2B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "Renouncing 'Suffiecincy'," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2009.
    • "It takes a significant dose of humility align our lives with God's kingdom. ... I think part of what Jesus is talking about is being willing to renounce the illusion of self-sufficiency. I think it is very similar to the perspective of the Psalmist about the 'humble' who recognize their need for God versus the 'proud' who think they can take care of themselves, thank you very much."
  • Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Mark 8:31-38, David Ewart, 2012.
    • "Just exactly how do we lose our life so that we get it back? The key is to not skip over the crucial qualification: 'for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel.'"
  • "Bait and Switch," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2012.
    • "He is one of us.  Let’s live in Christ’s service, willing to release our tight grip on the fear of death in order to live."
  • The Price of a Soul, Take Up Your Cross, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia.
  • Mark 8:31-38, in Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary's An Exegetical Study of the Common Lectionary, coordinated by Prof. John E. Alsup, features rough translation, disposition, immediate context, broader context, hermeneutical bridge, and contemporary address.
    • "Distinguishing the personal destiny quest by the earthly Jesus while he struggled with "son of man" traditions of his context from the continuing struggle to understand the christological ramifications of it all by the post-Easter community of faith is a complex but crucial matter for our attention (cf. Goppelt, Theology I, pp. 178ff)."
  • "First Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Lent 2," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "This passage follows the celebrated confession of Peter, that Jesus is ?the Christ? (8:29). It reveals just how easy it is to confuse adulation and truth."
  • "Andrew," Sarah M. Foulger, Stirred by the Light - Voices of Lent.
  • Exegetical Notes (Lent 2B) by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
    • "Every time someone besides Jesus "rebukes," they are proven to be wrong. Peter rebuking Jesus (8:32). The disciples "rebuking" those who were bringing little children to Jesus (10:13). The crowd "rebuking" the noisy blind man (10:48). This verb seems to carry an idea of exerting power over -- something Jesus can do with evil forces and what he tries to do with his disciples. It is not something anyone should do with Jesus or with the beggars or children."
  • "Remember the Cross," Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
  • "When Jesus Spoke Plainly," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
    • "After Peter confessed that he was the Christ, Jesus began to predict his death, much to the shock of his disciples who longed for a savior who would vanquish the Romans..."
  • Commentary, Mark 8:26-38, Alyce M. McKenzie, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "That's what being a disciple means: embarking on a lifelong journey of allowing his identity gradually to shape our own. Verses 34-37 state the shape of that life."
  • A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8:27 - 10:52, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
  • "Jesus Makes the First Passion Prediction; 'Get thee behind me, Satan!'," "Jesus Says You Must Deny Yourself and Take up Cross to Follow Him," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
  • "Who do you say that I am?" Paul Bellan-Boyer, City Called Heaven, 2009.
    • "Jesus is in Roman territory. It is when he approaches the Roman city of Caesarea Philippi that he asks the question. Identity politics were not invented in our generation."
  • Exegetical Notes (Proper 19B) by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
    • "Perhaps even after hearing and believing what Jesus has done and what we are to do; at best we can only confess, 'It's as clear as mud.'"
  • "First Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 15, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
    • "Philip?s Caesarea, honouring Roman might, is a good starting point for thinking about power. How do we stop the process whereby Jesus ends up becoming the chaplain to such powers? What is real gain for our community, for us as individuals? What is real gain for God?"
  • "Brrr, the Water Is Cold," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
  • Join the Feast, Mark 8:27-38, Marvin Lindsay, Union PSCE, 2009.
    • "Self-denial and cross-bearing were politically charged words, the cross being the Roman state?s favorite means of executing threats to the social order."
  • Peter's Confession, The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost, Donald H. Juel, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1994.
  • "Peter: The Stumbling Block and the Way of the Cross," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
  • "Are You a Christ-Follower?" Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
  • "Reading the Signs of the Times," Ordinary 24B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian Meditation. Claretian Publications.
    • "No matter how much insight we may have, no matter how much affirmation we may be getting, we must never forget our littleness and our sinfulness. The mystery of God is infinite and multi-faceted."
  • Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 24B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
  • Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
    • "How do we wait on God to discern his will for us as we live (necessarily) in culture / society today?"
  • "Who Do You Say I Am?" Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
    • "It is not just a question of salvation; it is a question of present and unfathomable joy.  If we say that Jesus is ?the Christ? then we must move aside from the throne of our own life and let him rule.  If he was the greatest offering of love that could be given to humanity, then we must embrace that love and live each day in the knowledge of just how much God loves us."
  • "Uncommon Sense," Joel Marcus, The Christian Century, 2000.
    • "Solzhenitsyn discovered in the gulag what my friend also knows -- that there is a strength that comes from renunciation of life, a strength that triumphs even over the powers that threaten death."
  • "Taking Up the Cross," William Willimon, The Christian Century, 1983. At Religion Online.
    • "Then the bright moment of confession and revelation darkens as the storm clouds gather and we stumble behind him toward the Passion. He picks up his cross and urges a cross upon us as well. Striking at the heart of our expectations for easy deliverance come the words suffer, rejected, killed."
  • "Suffering and Victory," Stanley S. Harakas, The Christian Century, 1997. At Religion Online.
    • "In Mark we are confronted by both suffering and exaltation, defeat and victory, weakness and power, death and life in its fullness. Peter articulates the all-too-human responses On the one hand he refuses to accept the suffering, defeat and death; on the other, he readily expresses the desire to stay where the exaltation, victory and manifestation of full life are revealed."
  • "Holiness: Sacrifice," commentary by David F. Wells, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
    • "If we want to be Jesus? followers, we need to face both: the public pain of humiliation and physical agony, and the private grief of losing our precious selves in order to be conformed to Christ."
  • "Why Follow a Crucified Christ?" Kenneth L. Carder, The Christian Century, 1997. At Religion Online.
    • "Those who follow him know the future does not belong to the triumph of suffering, sin and death. It belongs to the reign of Christ all over creation. We have no reason, therefore, to be ashamed of him or hesitant to follow him. The One who calls us to take up our cross goes with us to the cross. . . and beyond."
  • "The Freedom of Necessity," commentary by Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century, 1982. At Religion Online.
    • "God would not be God if he presided, as he does, over the death of every human being ever to walk the earth while he himself refused to bear the burden that his creatures must bear, for God would not be love. Love necessitates suffering when the object of that love must suffer."
  • Mark 8:27-38, Proper 24B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
• Articles & Background:
  • "Mark 8: Peter's Confession and Jesus' Prediction," "Son of Man," "The Choice of Following the Teachings," wikipedia.
  • "Loneliness and Destiny," Chapter 10 of This Hebrew Lord, John Shelby Spong, 1974.
    • "I see his loneliness when he asked who they thought he was. They responded, 'You are the Christ of God,' and then they proceeded to tell him what kind of Christ he had to be for their sakes; and he said, 'Get thee behind me, Satan' (Mark 8:27ff)."
  • "Who Do You Say I Am? Christology: What it is & why it matters," Robert A. Krieg, Commonweal, 2002.
    • "Whether or not theologians approach the mystery of Jesus Christ from above or from below, they work in relation to two distinct, though inseparable, foci."
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links). Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
  • Aichele, George, "Jesus' Frankness," Semeia, 1995.
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  • Bishop, Jonathan, "Parabole and Parrhesia in Mark," Interpretation, 1986.
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  • Carder, Kenneth L., "Why Follow a Crucified Christ?" The Christian Century, 1997.
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  • Clark, John C., "Martin Luther's View of Cross-Bearing," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
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  • Dewey, Joanna, "Women in the Gospel of Mark," Word & World, 2006. (Section on this text begins on page 25.)
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  • Goetz, Ronald, "'Get Thee Behind Me, Satan,'" The Christian Century, 1986.
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  • Harakas, Stanley S., "Suffering and Victory," The Christian Century, 1997.
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  • Hinkle, Mary E., "Lesson Plans," The Christian Century, 2003.
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  • Hoffman, Kathryn Vitalis, and Mark Vitalis Hoffman, "Texts in Context: Question Marks and Turning Points: Following the Gospel of Mark to Surprising Places," Word & World, 2006.
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  • "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on this text begins on page 319)
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  • Joy, David, "Markan Subalterns/the Crowd and their Strategies of Resistance: A Postcolonial Critique," Black Theology, 2005.
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  • Juel, Donald H., 'The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost," Word & World, 1994. (Section on this text begins on p. 353).
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  • Kaur-Mann, Cham, "Who Do You Say I Am? Images of Jesus," Black Theology, 2004.
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  • Lambrecht, Jan, S.J., "A Note on Mark 8:38 and Q 12:8-9," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2002.
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  • Lee, Oo Chung, "One Woman's Confession of Faith," International Review of Mission, 1985.
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  • Leon-Dufour, Xavier, "To Lose One's Life," Cross Currents, 1988.
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  • Marcus, Joel, "Uncommon Sense," The Christian Century, 2000.
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  • Marsh, Clive, "Black Christs in White Christian Perspective: Some Critical Reflections," Black Theology, 2004.
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  • Mays, James L., "Mark 8:27 - 9:1," Interpretation, 1976.
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  • Meyer, Marvin, "Taking Up the Cross and Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark," The Calvin Theological Journal, 2002.
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  • Mitchell, Glenn, "Living by the Word: Mark 8:27-38, James 3:1-2," The Christian Century, 2009.
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  • Neville, David J., "Moral Vision and Eschatology in Mark's Gospel: Coherence or Conflict?" Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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  • Niedner, Frederick, "Precious, Inevitable Scandal: Theology of the Cross in Mark," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2005.
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  • Osborne, B.A.E., "Peter: Stumbling-Block and Satan," Novum Testamentum, 1973.
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  • Petersen, Norman R., "The Composition of Mark 4:1-8:26," Harvard Theological Review, 1980.
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  • Proctor, Mark, "'After Three Days': Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34: Subordinating Jesus' Resurrection in the Second Gospel," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2003.
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  • Reedy, Charles J., "Mark 8:31 - 11:10 and the Gospel Ending," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1972.
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  • Ross, J.M., "Further Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum Testamentum, 2003. (Section on Mark 8:38 begins on page 210.)
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  • Ross, J.M., "Some Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum Testamentum, 1983. (Section on Mark 8 begins on page 61.)
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  • Santos, Narry F., "Jesus' Paradoxical Teaching in Mark 8:35; 9:35; and 10:43-44," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2000.
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  • Skinner, Matthew L., "Denying Self, Bearing a Cross, and Following Jesus: Unpacking the Imperatives of Mark 8:34," Word & World, 2003.
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  • Strecker, Georg, "The Passion- and Resurrection Predictions in Mark's Gospel," Interpretation, 1968.
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  • Swezey, Charles M., "Christian Self-Denial," Journal for Preachers, 1986.
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  • Wells, Samuel, "Holiness: Sacrifice," The Christian Century, 2000.
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  • Willimon, William H., "Taking Up the Cross," The Christian Century, 1983.
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  • Willson, Patrick J., "Cross Culture," The Christian Century, 1994.
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  • Wink, Walter, "The Education of the Apostles: Mark's View of Human Transformation," Religious Education, 1988.
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  • Young, Josiah, "Envisioning the Son of Man," Black Theology, 2004.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Cosimo Pagliara, La figura di Elia nel vangelo di Marco: Aspetti semantici e funzionali. Pontificia Universia Gregoriana, 2003. Review by Edward L Bode in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. (Review is in English.)
• Sermons:
  • "Following Jesus Is For Losers," the Rev. J.C. Austin, Day 1, 2012.
  • Who Do You say He Is? -- Sermon and pastoral prayer for Proper 19 based on Mark 8:27-38 by Erskine White from SermonSuite.
  • The Elephant In The Living Room, John Smylie, SermonSuite
  • "The Heartbreaking Messiah," the Rev. Dr. David Lose, Day 1, 2009.
  • "Was Peter Looking for a Bailout?" the Rev. Dr. Debra Samuelson, Day 1, 2009.
  • "Christ and Everything Else Thrown In," the Rev. Peter Marty, Day 1, 2006.
  • "Remember the Cross," Jim Fitzgerald, Preacher's Magazine, 2006.
  • "Who Do YOU Say That I Am?" Pentecost 15, 17 September 2006, Luke Bouman, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
  • "Brrr, the Water Is Cold," "If I Were God," "Peter:The Stumbling Block and the Way of the Cross," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
  • "He Who Is The Christ," Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the Foundations, 1955. At Religion Online.
  • "Read the Fine Print," the Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens, Day 1, 2003.
  • 2 Lent, AKM Adam, Flesh and Bones, 2001. (Download is one long PDF file for book of sermons.)
  • "Lead, Follow, Or Get out of the Way," the Rev. Harvard Stephens, Day 1, 2000.
  • "Revising the Agenda," the Rev. William Carter, Day 1, 2000.
  • "Why Follow Christ?" Bishop Kenneth L. Carder, Day 1, 1997.
  • "Living, Loving and Giving," the Rev. Winifred Collin, Day 1, 1997.
  • Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
    • Ordinary 24, 2009
    • Ordinary 24, 2006
    • Ordinary 24, 2000
• With Children:
  • Worshiping with Children, Proper 19B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
  • "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," September 16, 2012, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Mark 8:27-38 and The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story by Eric Kimmel.
  • Worshiping with Children, Lent 2B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
  • "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," March 4, 2012, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Mark 8:31-38 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
  • "Jesus Faces Death: Taking Up the Cross," Mother Anne Emry, Sacred Story, 2012. Includes activities, children's church plans.
  • Mistaken Identity, Dianne Deming, Children's Sermons Today, 2012.
  • "Who Am I?" and "Playing for Keeps," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
  • Taking Up the Cross, Anna Shirey, SermonSuite.
  • "Jesus Finds a Solid Rock," "Jesus Tells the Disciples that He Must Suffer," "Jesus Walks on the Water," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
  • "Treasure in Heaven," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
  • "Mark 7 & 8 Word Search," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
• Drama:
  • "The Messiah's Staff," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
  • "Question Time," Jeremy Moodey, dramatix.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art Images: Mark 8:27-38, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
  • Mark 8:27-35 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
  • Images for this week's readings, Lent 2B, Proper 19B, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
  • Mark 8:34 - 9:1, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
• Hymns and Music:
  • “O Jesus, You Were Born to Be,” Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s hymn celebrates the names and titles of Jesus. Tune: TRURO 8.8.8.8 (“Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates”), O WALY WALY (“Though I May Speak”) and TALLIS' CANON (“All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night”).
  • "Tell Me, Dear Tree," Hymn based on John 3:14-18, Matthew 16:24-26, Mark 8:34-37, and Luke 9:23-25, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
  • Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 8:34, 36, 38. The Cyber Hymnal.
  • Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
  • "Take up Your Cross," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Take the World, but Give Me Jesus
• Poetry, Literature and Literary References:
  • Lectionary Haikus, Lent 5, 2009, Mark 8:27-9:1, Christopher Gudger-Raines.
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
  • Peter
  • Crucifixion
• Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
  • Redemption
  • Sacrifice
  • Conversion
• Study pages for Parallel Gospel Accounts:
  • Matthew 16:13-20
  • Matthew 16:21-28
  • Luke 9:18-24
• Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark

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• Pr24/OT29/P+22 - Oct 20
• Pr25/OT30/P+23 - Oct 27
• St Simon & Jude - Oct 28
• Reformation Day - Oct 31
• All Saints - Nov 1
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• Pr26/OT31/P+24 - Nov 3
• Pr27/OT32/P+25 - Nov 10
• Veterans Day - Nov 11
• Pr28/OT33/P+26 - Nov 17
• Reign of Christ/
  Christ the King - Nov 24
• Thanksgiving - Nov 28

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