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Jeremiah 1:4-19
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | "The Prophet
and Reformer," Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit. |
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Chapter III, The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians,
Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.) |
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V.XV.3, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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I.7, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter XXVI,
On the Soul,
Tertullian (c.
210) |
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Chapter
XXII, Against Praxeas,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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II.VIII.3,
III.III.5, First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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VI.IX, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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IV.I, Against
Celsus,
Origen (c. 246) |
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On the
Lapsed --
Cyprian of
Carthage (c. 251) |
| From the
Preface to the
Commentary on Jeremiah, by
Jerome (391-406). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Considering the great
judgments of God which according to his threatening would come on
the world, he was moved with a certain compassion on the one hand to
pity them that would thus perish, and on the other hand by the
infirmity of man's nature, knowing how hard a thing it was to
enterprise such a charge." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "God's message should be
delivered in his own words. Whatever wordly wise men or politicians
may think, the safety of kingdoms is decided according to the
purpose and word of God." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Metaphors taken from
architects and gardeners: either the former words relate to the
enemies of God, and the latter to his friends; or rather to both
conditionally: if they repent, he will build them up, he will
increase their families, and settle them in the land; if they do
not, he will root them up, and pull them down." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Prophets are said to do
that which they foretell shall be done; for their word is
God's word; and His word is His instrument whereby He doeth all
things (Ge 1:3; Ps 33:6, 9). Word and deed are one thing with Him.
What His prophet saith is as certain as if it were done.
The prophet's own consciousness was absorbed into that of God; so
closely united to God did he feel himself, that Jehovah's words and
deeds are described as his." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Jeremiah 1:4-10, Proper 21C,
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Jeremiah 1:4-10,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia. |
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Blogging toward Sunday,
Jo Bailey Wells,
Theolog:
The Blog of The Christian Century. |
| Lectionary
Commentary, Jeremiah 1:4-10, 12th Sunday After Pentecost, (Year C),
Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
| "I have heard it said that it
takes a lot of faith in the future to plant an acorn. Few people who
plant acorns will ever see the mature oak that it produces. Much of
what we do in ministry, or simply in being Christian does not have
immediate, short-range results." |
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| Jeremiah 1:4-10, Proper/Epiphany 4C,
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Jeremiah 1:4-10, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W.
Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"The Embodied Word,"
Pilgrim Preaching, Keeping company with biblical texts and the people
who hear and preach them, a weblog for preaching, by Mary Hinkle, Luther
Seminary.
| "Putting our bodies where our hearts are is more
than the old 'ministry of presence.' It is offering a physical, visual
account of the hope that is in us." |
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"The Call
of Jeremiah: Human Struggle with Divine Summons,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
| "Imagine that the
promises of God in Jeremiah 1:4–10 are spoken directly to you." |
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4 Epiphany, Year C: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Biblische
Ausbildung, Dr. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary.
Part 2.
| "Read the book of Jeremiah not to become like Jeremiah
in his anguish, but to see in him an interpretation of God's
interrelations with God's people." |
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Jeremiah 1:4-10, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
| "The clear message from God is
emphasised by the use of the strong and frequent verbs in v.5 - I formed
you, I knew you, I set you apart, I appointed you." |
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Jeremiah 1:4-10, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the
Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan,
Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
| "Jeremiah’s call was to pull down those
things which did not lead to life as well as to build up those which did,
and much of what belonged to what depended on the social and historical
circumstances of the time." |
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Kairos Co-Motion Lectionary Dialogue,
Jeremiah 1:4-10, Wesley White. Progressive
Christian perspective, 2007.
| "We know
what needs to be changed, now we just need to begin the formation of a
change process in the wombs of our lives." |
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Expository Essay,
Jeremiah 1:4-10, Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
| "This call or commissioning narrative
of Jeremiah leaps off the page to us with its passion and insight, but the
three points I will note are these: (1) Jeremiah--The Messenger to the
Nations; (2) Jeremiah--Age is No Obstacle for God; (3) Jeremiah--Doing the
Work of God." |
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"Prophet to the Nations," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "We must carry a good-news message to
those who believe and a bad-news one to those who don't. All believers are
called to this end and we fulfill it in a myriad of ways." |
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"The Call," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "Jeremiah preached before and during
the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon. According to tradition, he was exiled to
Egypt and died as a martyr." |
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| "Epiphany
C4 - Exegetical Notes on Jeremiah 1:4-10," Douglas MacCallum
Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS - Indiana).
| "The personal knowing of which
God speaks here is, of course, much more than an intellectual
knowledge, since God knows all things and all people equally in such
a sense according to His divine omniscience...The reference, rather,
when God knows people is to His knowing them with a divine intention
which establishes a personal relationship between Him and them,
whether as a corporate entity (such as Israel) or as individuals.
This usage emphasizes, therefore, as is clearly true here, the
absolute monergism in the initiation of any personal relationship
between God and man." |
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| Articles & Background:
| "God's
Calling: A Two-Fold Blessing," Thomas F. Fischer, Ministry
Health.
| "Greatness--both in and
outside of the church--is often based on courage." |
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| "Success
and Failure: They Have the Same Problems," Thomas F. Fischer, Ministry
Health.
| "Indeed, the greatest measure
of ministry is not how successful we've been but how we've dealt
with failure. Perhaps we've focused too much on the expectation of
glory in ministry and not enough on the experience of what ministry
really can be." |
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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.):
| Balentine, Samuel E.,
"The Prophet as Intercessor: A Reassessment," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1984.
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| Childress, Kyle, "Expect a Call," The Christian
Century, 2007.
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| Duke, William H., Jr.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Jeremiah 1:4-18," Interpretation, 2005.
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| Gateley, Edwina,
"The Gifts and Challenges of Parenting," The Living Pulpit, 2003.
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| Gilula, M.,
"An Egyptian Parallel to Jeremiah 1:4-5," Vetus Testamentum,
1967.
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| Gustafson, James M.,
"On Being Called: Ordination Sermon for Christopher Myers," Journal
for Preachers, 1997.
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| Holladay, William L.,
"The Background of Jeremiah's Self-Understanding: Moses, Samuel and Psalm
22," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1964.
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| Howard, Robert R., "Word of Grief,
Word of Hope," Journal for Preachers, 2008. Sermon.
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| Lewin, Ellen Davis,
"Arguing for Authority: A Rhetorical Study of Jeremiah 1:4-19 and 20:7-18,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1985.
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| Mehl, Lyn,
"The Call to Prophetic Ministry: Reflections on Jeremiah 1:4-10,"
Currents in Theology and Mission, 1981.
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| O'Connor, Kathleen M.,
"The Prophet Jeremiah and Exclusive Loyalty to God," Interpretation,
2005.
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| Overholt, Thomas W.,
"Some Reflections on the Date of Jeremiah's Call," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1971.
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| Sappenfield, William J., "Known
Beyond the Borders: Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for January,"
The Living Pulpit, 2007.
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| Schart, Aaron,
"The Book of Jeremiah and the Visions of Amos," Review and Expositor,
2004. (See also
Jeremiah, issue focus of Review and Expositor, 2004.)
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| Sharp, Carolyn J.,
"The Call of Jeremiah and Diaspora Politics," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2000.
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| Strawn, Brent A.,
"Jeremiah's In/Effective Plea: Another Look at N'R in Jeremiah 1.6,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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| Thompson, Philip E., "Jeremiah 1:1-10, Between Text &
Sermon," Interpretation, 2008.
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| Vischer, Wilhelm, translated by Suzanne
de Dietrich,
"The Vocation of the Prophet to the Nations," Interpretation,
1955.
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"Vocation," issue focus of Interpretation 59.2, April, 2005. |
| Whitley, C.F.,
"The Date of Jeremiah's Call," Vetus Testamentum, 1964.
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| Wittenberg, Gunther,
"'...To Build and to Plant' (Jer. 10:10) The Message of Jeremiah as a Source
of Hope for the Exilic Community and Its Relevance for Community Building in
South Africa," Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 2002.
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| Sermons:
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"What's My Life?" the
R3v. Dr. Kim Buchanan, Day 1, 2004. |
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"Reluctant to Talk," Pastor Edward F. Marquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"Jeremiah,"
from an
Old Testament Sermon Series,
Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington - Sermons from Seattle. |
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"Christian Leadership 101," Dean William Willimon, Duke Chapel, 2001. |
| Called for a Crisis - Jeremiah 1, by Ray C. Stedman. Text or Real Audio. |
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Clip Art, Jeremiah 1:5, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators. |
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