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Romans 6:1-11
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | "Ritual,"
Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit. |
| 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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III.XVI.9,
III.XVI.9,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) [NOTE: duplicate references] |
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III.11,
VII.3,
VII.12,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria
(c 200) |
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Chapter XL,
On the Soul,
Tertullian
(c 210) |
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Chapter XLVII,
On
the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter XVII,
On
Monogamy,
Tertullian
(c. 215) |
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Chapter XVII,
On
Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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II.XVI,
II.LXIX,
Against Celsus,
Origen. (c.246) |
| From
Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "In that corruption, for though
the guiltiness of sin, is not imputed to us, yet the corruption still remains in us: and
this is killed little by little by the sanctification that follows
justification." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "...he shows that connexion between justification and holiness are
inseparable." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Coeval with our being, and as old as the fall; our evil nature; a strong
and beautiful expression for that entire depravity and corruption which by nature spreads
itself over the whole man, leaving no part uninfected." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Whoso, then, has been baptized into Christ's death has formally
surrendered the whole state and life of sin, as in Christ a dead thing." |
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| "Baptism
-- A Burial: Romans 6:3-4," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1881.
| "The believer, if spiritually buried with Christ, is dead to the desire
of any such power. "What!" say you, "do not godly men have sinful
desires?" Alas, they do. The old nature that is in them lusteth towards sin; but the
true man, the real ego, desires to be purged of every speck or trace of
evil." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The fact that every follower of Christ has died to sin is shown by
his baptism. All its symbolism points to death." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Romans 6:1b-11, David Bartlett, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
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"Everyone belongs
to someone or something. To put it even more strongly, everyone is
servant or slave to someone or some thing." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 6, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "Paul's spirituality is
focused on becoming what you can now be on the basis of this new
foundation grounded in love and faith alone." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, God's Saving Work in the Letter to the
Romans: Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost Season, Arland J. Hurtgren,
Word & World Texts in Context, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1993. |
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"Dying to Live," Bill O'Brien, The Christian Century, 2005.
| "Lesslie Newbigin once said that
if you do not see the kingdom it’s because you are facing the wrong
direction." |
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"Buried
and Raised with Christ," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "Why isn't 'lead us not into
temptation' a prayer to take away temptation and therefore promote a
sinless life?" |
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"Letting
Go Down Here," William Willimon, The Christian Century,
1986. At Religion Online.
| "When he spoke of what
happened to him on the Damascus Road, Paul never knew whether to
call it being born or being killed. In a way, it felt like both at
the same time. Whatever it was, it had something to do with letting
go." |
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| "An End to
the Reign of Death (Romans 6:1-14)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "There is a corollary to the
principle that grace always outruns and exceeds sin, and it is this: Sin always seeks to
use that which is good to promote evil." |
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| Environmental Reflections
(Rev John Gibbs), from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota's Environmental Stewardship
Commission.
| "To be resurrected is to be brought into a whole new "world" of
interrelations." |
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| Articles & Background:
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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.):
| Anderson, Lynn, "New Life,"
Restoration Quarterly, 1979.
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| Barrosse, Thomas, "Death and Sin in
Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1953.
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| Bartlett, David, "Preaching for
Ordinary Time," Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Section on this
text begins on page 45.)
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| Boers, Hendrikus,
"The Structure and Meaning of Romans 6:1-14," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2001.
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| Charry, Ellen T.,
"Virtual Salvation," Theology Today, 2004.
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| Fogelman, William J., "Romans 6:3-14,
Between Text and Sermon," Interpretation, 1993.
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| Hultgren, Arland J., "God's Saving
Work in the Letter to the Romans: Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost
Season," Word & World, 1993.
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| Kelly, Geffrey B.,
"A 'Mysticism of Joy' in the Lord -- In Life As In Death,"
The Living
Pulpit, 1996. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 5.4, 1996.)
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| Kolb,
Robert, "God Kills to Make Alive: Romans 6 and Luther's Understanding of
Justification (1535)," Lutheran Quarterly, 1998.
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O'Brien, Bill, "Dying to Live," The Christian Century,
2005.
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| Olson,
Stanley N., "Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Word & World, 1986.
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| Raschke, Carl A., "On Rereading Romans 1-6 or
Overcoming the Hermeneutics of Suspicion," Ex Auditu, 1985.
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| Roose, Hanna,
"Sharing in Christ's Rule: Tracing a Debate in Earliest Christianity,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
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| Sabou, Sorin, "A Note
on Romans 6:5: The Representation (OMOIWMA)
of His Death," Tyndale Bulletin,
2004.
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| Talbert, Charles H.,
"Tracing Paul's Train of Thought in Romans 6-8," Review & Expositor,
2003.
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| Warneck, Richard H., "Homiletical Helps on the LSB
Series C - Old Testament / A - Epistles," Concordia Journal,
2007. (Section on this text begins on page 402.)
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| Wedderburn, A.J.M.,
"The Soteriology of the Mysteries and Pauline Baptismal Theology,"
Novum Testamentum, 1987.
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| Willimon, William,
"Letting Go Down Here," The Christian Century,
1986.
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| Reviews:
| Sabou, Sorin,
Between Horror and Hope: Paul's Metaphorical Language of 'Death' in Romans
6:1-11. Paternoster, 2005.
Review
by James Miller, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
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| Sermons:
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"Dead and Alive,"
The Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton, 30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2001. |
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