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Matthew
28:16-20
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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Historical References, Commentary and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:
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| Comparative texts about
Baptism:
Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's
Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
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"Revealed to Disciples," 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 IX,
The Epistle of Ignatius to the
Philadelphians,
Ignatius of Antioch
(c. 50 - 115). (Longer Version only - 4th cent interpolation) |
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LV.1-2, 4, 6-7; Tatian's
Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
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III.XVII.1,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter V,
Adversus Judaeos,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter XIII,
On Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter VIII,
Chapter XX,
The Prescription of Heretics,
Tertullian
(c. 200) |
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Chapter X,
Considering Repentance,
Tertullian
(c. 203) |
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IV.43,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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X.7,
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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II.IX,
V.XII,
Against Celsus,
Origen.
(c.246) |
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X.18,
XII.6,
XII.34,
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Epistle XXIV --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 250) |
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Epistle LXII --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 253) |
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Epistle LXXII --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 256) |
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Epistle LXXX --
Cyprian of Carthage
(c. 257) |
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III.5,
Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea (c 320). |
| From the
Catena
Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas. |
| From the
Geneva Notes.
 | "Forever: and this refers
to the manner of the presence of his Spirit, by means of which he makes us partakers both
of himself and of all his benefits, even though he is absent from us in
body." |
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Section VIII, Evidences of the Christian Religion,
Joseph Addison,
c. 1715. |
| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "The God of Israel, the Saviour, is sometimes a God that hideth himself,
but never a God at a distance." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "And these were to be determined by the circumstances of things; which made
it necessary in baptizing adult Jews or heathens, to teach them before they were baptized;
in discipling their children, to baptize them before they were taught; as the Jewish
children in all ages were first circumcised, and after taught to do all God had commanded
them." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...am with you alway--"all the days"; that is, till making
converts, baptizing, and building them up by Christian instruction, shall be no
more." |
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| From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "They are to make disciples, or pupils, and scholars of Christ; not
great philosophers, but 'babes in Christ Jesus,' who have entered the school of Christ and
are to be taught afterwards." |
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Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Matthew 28:16-20, Richard Beaton, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2008. |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages from the Lectionary, Trinity A.
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "This is such an important text
in the context of Matthew's gospel that there is a danger that its
use on Trinity Sunday will lead to too much focus on its tenuous
links with the Trinity, so I want to start with the passage itself.
It has enormous significance as the climax of the gospel, drawing
together major themes of the gospel..." |
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Lectionary Commentary, Matthew 28:16-20, Valerie Kuykendall-Rogers,
The African American Lectionary, 2009.
| "As I matured and grew, and as I
studied the historical significance of the black Church in seminary,
I learned what Missionary Sunday entailededifying, equipping, and
empowering a community to emulate the work of Christ in order to
provide a refuge from the daily onslaught of denigration and
degradation." |
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Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Trinity, 2005. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
| "We're called not just to baptize.
We're not called to make churchgoers, people who include religion as one
among many respectable civic activities. We're called to make disciples,
people who really follow Jesus as Lord." |
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Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
| "Can we actually 'waste' a whole day
for Sabbath rest and worship? Set aside a whole day for God and each
other? What gods are we worshiping when we are unable to 'remember a whole
Sabbath day to keep it holy'?" |
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"Missionary Matthew: Matthew 28:16-20 as a Summary of the Gospel," Edgar
Krentz, Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004.
| "In perfect harmony with the presentation of Jesus in
all the preceding pages, Matthew has chosen to close his gospel not with a
visual or pictorial representation of Jesus' assumption of power, not with
sharing bread or touching his body, but with a deceptively simple scene featuring the words of Jesus, the church's one teacher and master." |
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Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in
Western Australia. |
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"The End in Matthew (5:48 and 28:20): How to Preach It and How Not To,"
Robert H. Smith, Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern
Theological School, 1999.
| "These two
great texts are perfect guides for all our reading, all our preaching, all
our living." |
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"The Presence and Power of God,"
Trinity B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "What concepts do you find easy to understand but
difficult to communicate?" |
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"The End of the First Gospel," F.F. Bruce, The Evangelical
Quarterly, 1940. |
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"The
Call to Universal Mission (Matthew 28:16-20)," John C. Purdy.
Chapter 11 in Returning God's Call: The Challenge of Christian Living.
At Religion Online.
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"The
aim or end is to "make disciples of all nations." The words
that dominate the climactic scene in Matthew are cosmic rather than
geographical: "All authority in heaven and on earth...all
nations . . . all that I
have commanded you" (emphasis added). Christ is the universal
sovereign: All nations belong to him; all persons are his; all life is
to be brought into subjection to him." |
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"All
Authority Belongs to Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Great Commission,"
wikipedia. |
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"Transformed
on the Mountain: Ritual Analysis and the Gospel of Matthew," by K.C. Hanson, St
Olaf College. From Semeia 67 (1994).
| "...the transformations are not solely experiences of Jesus in his earthly
ministry, but are meant to be replicable experiences within the community on the path of
discipleship." |
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"Recognizing
the Risen Lord," Marianne Sawicki, Theology Today, 1988.
| "Action on behalf of the needy
is not an implication of resurrection faith, but a precondition for
it. Talk about resurrection is literally meaningless in the absence
of such action. This raises the serious question of what it takes to
speak correctly today about resurrection, to mean what the tradition
has meant by the term." |
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"How
to Be a Disciple," Dallas Willard. Adapted from The Divine Conspiracy:
Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God. Reprinted in The Christian Century,
1998. At Religion OnLine.
| "...it could well prove to be a major turning point in our life if we
would ... ask ourselves if we really do intend to be life students of Jesus. Do we really
intend to do and be all of the high things we profess to believe in? Have we decided to do
them? When did we decide it? And how did we implement that decision?" |
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"Discipleship as a Craft, Church as a Disciplined Community,"
Stanley Hauerwas. Reprinted from The Christian Century, 1991 in
Religion Online.
| "Christianity is not beliefs
about God plus behavior. We are Christians not because of what we
believe, but because we have been called to be disciples of Jesus.
To become a disciple is not a matter of a new or changed
self-understanding, but rather to become part of a different
community with a different set of practices." |
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"Rethinking
the Great Commission," Mortimer Arias,
Iliff School of Theology, Theology Today, 1991.
| "It is to our churches, and to
us as we are, that the Great Commission is entrusted today. It is up
to us to receive it and be faithful to it. We count with the promise
of the last mandate: "I am with you always, to the end of the
age."" |
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"Conversion
Factors," Frederica Mathewes-Green, BeliefNet.
| "It's OK to proselytize, but
there are times when it's kinder to refrain." |
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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.):
| Arias, Mortimer, "Rethinking the
Great Commission," Theology Today, 1991.
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| Bibb, Wade, "Preaching in Ordinary
Time: The Extraordinary Subject of Jesus' Realm," Review & Expositor,
2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 301.)
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| Brooks, Oscar S., Sr., "Matthew
28:16-20 and the Design of the First Gospel," Journal for the Study
of the New Testament, 1981.
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| Brown, Raymond E.,
"The Resurrection in Matthew," Worship, 1990.
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| Campbell, Cynthia M., "Matthew 28:16-20: Expository
Essay," Interpretation, 1992.
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| Carter, Warren,
"Matthew and the Gentiles: Individual Conversion and/or Systemic
Transformation?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2004.
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| Day, Dan, "A Fresh Reading of Jesus'
Last Words: Matthew 28:16-20," Review & Expositor, 2007.
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| Finley, Stephen C., "Homoeroticism
and the African-American Heterosexual Male: Quest for Meaning in the
Black Church," Black Theology, 2008.
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| Hanson, K.C., "Transformed on the
Mountain: Ritual Analysis and the Gospel of Matthew," Semeia,
1994.
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| Heil, John Paul, "The Narrative Structure of Matthew
27:55 - 28:20," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1991.
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| Herrero, Francisco Pérez, "Mission Following the
Missionary Mandate of the Risen Christ," International Review of
Mission, 2006.
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| Hiebert D. Edmond, "An Expository
Study of Matthew 28:16-20," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1992.
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| Kingsbury, Jack Dean, "The
Composition and Christology of Matthew 28:16-20," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1974.
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| Krentz, Edgar,
"'Make Disciples' -- Matthew on Evangelism," Currents in Theology and
Mission, 2006.
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| Krentz, Edgar,
"Missionary Matthew: Matthew 28:16-20 as Summary of the Gospel,"
Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004.
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| Levine, Amy-Jill, "'To All the
Gentiles': A Jewish Perspective on the Great Commission," Review &
Expositor, 2006.
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| Meier, John P., "Nations or Gentiles
in Matthew 28:19?" The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1977.
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| Meier, John P., "Two Disputed Questions in Matthew
28:16-20," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1977.
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| Samra, James G., "A Biblical View of Discipleship,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2003.
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| Sawicki, Marianne, "Recognizing the
Risen Lord," Theology Today, 1988.
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| Schnabel, Eckhard J.,
"Israel, the People of God, and the Nations," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2002.
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| Senior, Donald, C.P., "Between Two Worlds: Gentile and Jewish Christians in Matthew's Gospel,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
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| Sharma, Arvind, "Christian
Proselytization: A Hindu Perspective," Missiology, 2005.
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| Sheeley, Steven, "The Exercise of
Jesus' Royal Power: Lent through Trinity Sunday," Review & Expositor,
2007.
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| Shore, Mary Hinkle,
"Preaching Mission: Call and Promise in Matthew 28:16-20," Word &
World, 2006. (See also entire issue of Word & World, 26.3, 2006,
issue focus
Mission in the Congregation.)
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| Smith, Robert H., "The End in Matthew
(5:48 and 28:20): How to Preach It and How Not To," Word & World,
1999.
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| Sparks, Kenton L.,
"Gospel as Conquest: Mosaic Typology in Matthew 28:16-20," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
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| Thomas, Linda E., "Anthropology, Mission and the
African Woman: A Womanist Approach," Black Theology, 2008.
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| Thomas, Robert L., "Historical Criticism and the
Great Commission," Master's Seminary Journal, 2000.
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| Ulrich, Daniel W., "The Missional
Audience of the Gospel of Matthew," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
2007.
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| Willard, Dallas, "How to Be a Disciple," The
Christian Century, 1998.
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| Wright, David F.,
"The Baptismal Community,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2003.
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Turning the Great Commission on Its Ear," the Rev. Dr. Rob Nash,
Day 1, 2008. |
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"Blah,
Blah, Blah, Blah...Love," the Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler, Day 1,
2008. |
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Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a
team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
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"The
Trinity,"
"Go, go,
go, go, go," Sermons from Seattle,
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"What Was Jesus Thinking?" Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, 2003. |
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"The Great Comfort," John Jewell,
1999. |
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"Farewell,"
John Jewell, 2003. |
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"It's Not Over," the
Rev. Robina Marie Winbush,
Day 1, 2002. |
| Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist,"
Commentary and Homily
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| With Children:
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"The
Great Commission," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Delivering
the Invitation," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"Buried in
Baptism," and
"Baptism
Props," Rev. Dr. Edgar Mayer, Lutheran Church of Australia. |
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"Jesus Tells the
Disciples What To Do," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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Matthew
28:20, memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and
Resources for Bible Stories. |
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| Drama:
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"The Three
Little Missionaries," John McNeil, dramatix. |
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"Mission
Possible," John McNeil, dramatix. |
| "Green's Call," dramatix. |
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"Send Me Away,"
Joanne Miller, dramatix. |
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"Father,
Forgive Us," Sandy Erb, dramatix. |
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"Mixed Up
Mission," Eric Fisher, dramatix. |
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"High above the Clouds,"
from
A Certain Jesus by
Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical
dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications. |
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Matthew 28:16-20, Liturgical Drawing,
Maria d.c. Zamora,
Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use
these for free.") |
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Matthew 28:16-20, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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Farthest
Reaches,
Go Ye
Into All the World,
Beach
Factor,
I Never
Knew You,
Tough
Cell,
Wet Theory, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing permissions at
right-hand side of destination page. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate,
David MacGregor. |
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Hymns with Scripture
Allusions: Matthew 28:18, 19, 20. The Cyber Hymnal. |
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Hymnal
Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship. |
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"Your Fingerprint," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to
traditional tunes. |
| At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke
files, projection text):
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index: |
| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance: |
| The above links are for the study of
specifically Matthew's resurrection account. See also Study Links and Resources for the
general Accounts of Jesus' Resurrection |
| Literary References Online:
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| Study Links and Resources for the
Book of Matthew |
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