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Romans
8:22-27
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Similitude IV,
Shepherd of
Hermas. (c.145) |
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IV.7,
VII.7, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter
III, On Monogamy,
Tertullian
(c. 215) |
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I.VII.5, First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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VII.XIII,
VII.XV, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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I.17,
I.24, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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On the
Advantage of Patience --
Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 256) |
| From
Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545). |
| From the Geneva Notes. |
| How
the Spirit Enables Us to Pray, Thomas Boston (Puritan, c 1700) |
| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. |
| From
Wesley's
Notes. |
| The General Deliverance
(Rom 8:19-22). Sermon by John Wesley. |
| "Creation's
Groans and the Saint's Sighs," Romans 8:22,23, Charles H. Spurgeon,
1868.
 | "The whole creation is fair and beautiful even in its present condition. I
have no sort of sympathy with those who cannot enjoy the beauties of
nature." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| "The
Holy Spirit's Intercession," Romans 8:26, 27, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1880.
| "When Paul had alluded to that consoling subject he turned to the next
ground of comfort—namely, that we are to be sustained under present trial by
hope." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"Pentecost
for the World," F. Dean Lueking, The Christian Century,
1997. At Religion Online.
| "It is the will of God to put
his mighty arm under the fractured, threatened creation -- not just
to preserve it from rapacious humans, but to set it free and us with
it." |
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The Spirit and Our Prayers, Light in August: Romans 8:18-39, Sheldon
Tostengard, Word & World Texts in Context,
Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1987. |
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"An Awakening," poetry by Patricia Rose Pflaumer, National Catholic
Reporter, 1999. |
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"The Spirit
Pleads for Us," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "From
Groaning to Glory (Romans 8:18-27)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "As strange as
it may sound, groaning characterizes the life of the Spirit-filled
Christian." |
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"Cosmic
Groanings," by Ronald Goetz. At Religion
Online.
| "The ancient dualist might have had some difficulty with what Paul says
about the creation being 'set free.' If matter is evil, how could it be liberated?
Paul’s words at this point would seem idiosyncratic to the dualist, although he might
also feel that a person who could speak of the 'futility' of the created order must
somehow be on the right track. In fact, however, this seeming idiosyncrasy is not a quirk
in an otherwise consistent dualism. Rather, it reveals that Paul was, at least in the
usual first-century sense, no dualist at all." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Soteriology and Eschatology in Romans," Robert E Longacre & Wilber B
Wallis, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
| "At all events we approach this epistle
not simply as an object of analysis but as a book meant to exercise a
regulative and inspirational effect upon us." |
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"Romans 5-8 as Pastoral Theology," Stanley N. Olson, Word & World,
1986.
| "The unity and functions of the
exhortation and assurance in Romans 5-8 are clarified when the
section is understood as pastoral theology." |
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| "Listening with the Ear
of the Heart," Frank T. Griswold, Cross Currents, 1998-99.
| "It is our vocation to allow
Christ to use our hearts. It is our vocation to come to maturity in Christ who is our
Truth. We do so by attending to the Christ present in the truth of one
another." |
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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.):
| Dillon, Richard J.,
"The Spirit as Taskmaster and Troublemaker in Romans 8," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1998. |
| Olson, Stanley N., "Romans 5-8 as
Pastoral Theology," Word & World, 1986.
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| Powery, Emerson B., "The Groans of 'Brother Saul': An
Exploratory Reading of Romans 8 for 'Survival'," Word & World,
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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| Tostengard, Sheldon, "Light in August," Word &
World, 1987. (Section on this text begins on p 318)
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| Wilton, Carlos,
"What Cancer Teaches," Journal for Preachers, 2007. (Sermon) |
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Keeping Hope
Alive," the Rev. Dr. Lewis Smedes, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago
Sunday Evening Club, 1993. |
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"Waiting,"
Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the Foundations, 1955. At
Religion Online. |
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"The
Right to Hope," Paul Tillich, at Religion
OnLine.
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"The
Paradox of Prayer," (Romans 8:26-27), Paul Tillich. From The New Being
(1955), at Religion OnLine. |
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"The
Witness of the Spirit to the Spirit," Paul Tillich, from The Shaking of the
Foundations, 1955. At Religion Online. |
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