[Propertalk] Sermon quotes for John 18:33-37 - Nov. 22 - Part 1

[Joe Parrish]

He who asks seriously the question of the truth that liberates, is already on his way to liberation. He may still be in the bondage of dogmatic self-assurance but he has begun to be free from it. He may still be in the bondage of cynical despair, but he has already started to emerge from it. He may still be in the bondage of unconcern about the truth that matters, but his unconcern is already shaken. 

http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=375&C=21

Paul Tillich, 1955
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Thus we find that Jesus, Lord of all, is hidden, yet present as he dies on the cross.  And with our eyes thus opened, we are able to see much more of what our God has hidden and planted in our world: peace, justice and life for us to harvest and manifest in our lives.  

http://www.predigten.uni-goettingen.de/predigt.php?id=145&kennung=20070406en

Luke Bouman, 2007
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...a quiet voice spoke back to Sam's inner spirit:  "No deals, Sam.  No deals.  No manipulations.  I rule over you in all times of your life." 
So here we were at this banquet, and Sam went on to say:  "God has called me to be his servant in my turf, the National Football League.  He rules over all aspects of my life, when winning or losing, in triumphs and tragedies.  How about you?  Where is your turf?  Does God rule you there in your turf, in your situation?  Not just when you're winning, but when you are losing.  Not just during the triumphs but during the tragedies of your life?  Does God rule you then?"  ...  There was silence, a profound silence, echoing the silence from the book of Job.  No, this was no "jock for Jesus" speech. ...  Does God rule in our losing?  In our tragedies?  

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...one day his [East Berlin] school principal confronted him, "Mr. Offeldt, communism teaches that there is no God, that God is a figment of our imagination."  To which Dietrich replied,  "God is not the figment of my imagination.  God created my imagination and yours."  

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Yes, Jesus is Lord.  He holds the sun and the moon, the earth and the stars, the girls and the boys, and the little bitty babies in his hand. 

http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_christ_the_king.htm

Edward F. Markquart
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 I get tears in my eyes every time I remember the memorial in Neuendettelsau, Germany, to the retarded people who were taken from this Lutheran city of refuge to the gas chambers by the Nazis because they made no meaningful contribution to society and probably created problems for it! In more educated societies, we like to think we are free from this. However, without becoming politically radical, you and I can name peoples and individuals who, within the last two years, have been scapegoated by our government and our society in general because we have been unwilling to address some of the causes for evil in our world which lie not outside us, but within our very selves. 

http://www.predigten.uni-goettingen.de/archiv-7/050325-8-e.html

David Zersen, 2005
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In spite of the harassment to which she was subjected, she worked at presenting proposals that would improve the quality of life in the town.  As she drew attention the problems, even people outside her district became more aware of the inefficiency of the town council. When the next election came around, people in other areas came forth to challenge the "old timers." Eventually the town council became more representative of the community and the woman who started it all became the mayor.

http://www.agreeley.com/hom03/nov23.htm

Mary Durkin
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Pilate says to Jesus' response, "So then you are a king." In the Greek text, this can be a statement of affirmation (as my translation) or a question (as in the RSV and NRSV). Once again it would appear that Jesus accepts Pilate's words as a statement and not a question as Jesus affirms to Pilate "You say that I am a king" (18:37).

Jesus' witness brings the text to a crescendo witness: "For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice" (18:37). The scene between Jesus and Pilate is the height of the gospel's irony as Pilate does not question Jesus' kingship or guilt of the charges brought before him. Pilate rather affirms Jesus' kingship as his title on the cross witnesses and his resolve against the chief priests not to change the title in Hebrew (Aramaic), Latin and Greek: "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews" (19:19-22).

http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=11/22/2009&tab=4

Paul S. Berge, 2009
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