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The Uriah Factor
2 Samuel 11:1-21
Proper 12 (17) - Year B
October 09, 2011
The Rev. Dr. Ronald Peters (PCUSA)Unless we are careful, it is easy to miss or dismiss what I call The Uriah Factor. By way of defining what I mean by The Uriah Factor, let me review the context from which it emerges in scripture: in the well-known Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba.
Because of human nature's popular fascination with the trappings of wealth, privilege, and power, whenever the biblical story of David and Bathsheba is read or discussed, most attention is quickly drawn to the Hollywood-style glamour or soap opera intrigue that surrounds the salacious, the unfettered license, and the corruption in high places that adorns this tragedy. Yet, in so doing, we miss one of the most important aspects of this rather sad tale: the significance and the importance of the man Uriah.
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What's the Plan?
Matthew 11:2-11
Advent 3 - Year A
December 12, 2010
The Rev. Daniel Matthews, Jr. (TEC)In many action movies there is a classic scene that is so often repeated that it has become probably a cinematic cliché. Normally, somewhere towards the end of the movie, the good guys finally catch up with the bad guys. The bad guys are, of course, holed-up is a large rusty abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. They are either working out the final details of their diabolical plan or they are deciding what to do with the captives that they have taken--but no longer need, or sometimes they are doing both simultaneously. But even as they scheme away, they are unaware that currently the good guys have made their appearance just outside.
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