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<DIV><FONT size=3>The following are SermonWriter materials for Oct. 25 (Proper
25B). They focus on Mark 10:46-52, where Jesus asks blind Bartimaeus, "What do
you want me to do for you?"<BR><BR>NO PASSWORD REQUIREMENT: We are posting these
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size=3><><BR>Dick Donovan<BR><BR><BR>A THOUGHT ON PREACHING: Instead
of trying to dazzle people with the breadth of our learning or to pass on lots
of secondhand information that may or may not be existentially relevant to their
situations, I can help most when I am honest enough to lay bare my own wounds
and acknowledge what is saving and helping me. Truth that I have found, or
better still, truth that has found me -- this is the sort of material that
rightly belongs in the preaching event. (John Claypool -- courtesy of Fr.
Charles Hoffacker)<BR><BR><BR>TITLE: What Should Jesus Do for
You?<BR><BR><BR>SERMON IN A SENTENCE: Your answer to Jesus' question,
"What do you want me to do for you?" will tell you what you think it would take
for Jesus to save you.<BR><BR><BR>SCRIPTURE: Mark
10:46-52<BR><BR><BR><></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>FOR MORE SERMONS ON THIS TEXT, GO TO:<BR><BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.lectionary.org/SermLinks/NT/NT02_Mark.htm"><FONT
size=3>http://www.lectionary.org/SermLinks/NT/NT02_Mark.htm</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
size=3>Scroll down to Mark 10. There are two sermons on this text posted
there.<BR><BR><BR>TRUE STORY:<BR><BR>When I was a little boy, I studied piano,
and my mother was my teacher. When it came time for a recital, my mother
made me go over the conclusion again and again. I had to get it down
perfect! "Keep on practicing the conclusion, Bob. Learn those last
measures!" she used to say. "Look, Bob, you can make a mistake in the
beginning; or you can make a mistake in the middle; the people will forget it --
if you make the ending glorious!" Make the ending glorious!<BR><BR>I don't
know what kind of childhood you had. I don't know what kind of life you
had. I don't know where you are now! But where you are now, Jesus is
present. Take Him into your life now, and I can tell you the ending will
be glorious!<BR><BR>Robert Schuller, Life Changers<BR><BR><BR>THOUGHT
PROVOKERS:<BR><BR>Salvation isn't what liberals or conservatives in this country
think it is. It's about getting my life straight. It's not about ultimate
significance. Salvation is about an adventure that was made possible through the
death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, through which I am made part of a
community who will tell me who I am. You are not free to make up your life as a
Christian. Your life is not like a gift, your life is a gift. That is a very
important grammatical point. Until you learn to receive your life gift, you are
lost. And people are lost.<BR><BR>Stanley Hauerwas<BR><BR>* *
* * * * * * * *<BR><BR>When Jesus
prayed to the one who could save him from death,<BR>he did not get that
salvation;<BR>he got instead the salvation of the world.<BR><BR>Philip
Yancey<BR><BR>* * * * * * * *
* *<BR><BR>For as the devil through pride<BR>leads man from pride to
death,<BR>so Christ through lowliness<BR>leads back man through obedience to
life.<BR><BR>St. Augustine<BR><BR>* * * * *
* * * * *<BR><BR>Jesus Christ is God's everything<BR>for
man's total need.<BR><BR>Richard Halverson<BR><BR>* * *
* * * * * * *<BR><BR>The terms for
"salvation" in many languages<BR>are derived from roots like salvus, saos,
whole, heil,<BR>which all designate health,<BR>the opposite of disintegration
and disruption.<BR>Salvation is healing in the ultimate sense;<BR>it is final
cosmic and individual healing.<BR><BR>Paul Tillich<BR><BR>* *
* * * * * * * *<BR><BR>HYMN
STORY: There's a Wideness in God's Mercy<BR><BR>The author of this hymn,
Frederick William Faber, was raised as a Huguenot, but went to Oxford and was
ordained as an Anglican priest in 1837. He then came to know John Henry
Newman, the famous Catholic priest (and later Cardinal). Under Newman's
influence, Faber was re-baptized and re-ordained as a Catholic
priest.<BR><BR>Faber was an admirer of good poetry, and became good friends with
the poet, William Wordsworth. The two of them would often take long walks
together in the mountains.<BR><BR>Knowing the power of hymns in the Protestant
tradition, Faber wanted to make hymn-singing more important in the Catholic
tradition. He wrote a number of hymns, of which this and "Faith of Our
Fathers" are the best known today.<BR><BR>"There's a Wideness in God's Mercy"
celebrates the wideness of God's mercy -- "like the wideness of the sea."
It celebrates God's welcome for the sinner and the "good" person alike. It
reminds us that "the love of God is broader than the measure of our mind" -- and
therefore encourages us to broaden the measure of our own love so that it might
be more like God's love. And, finally, it calls us to "rest upon God's
word" so that "our lives (might be) illumined by the presence of our
Lord."<BR><BR><BR>NOTE: See other hymn stories at </FONT><A
href="http://www.lectionary.org/hymnstories.htm"><FONT
size=3>http://www.lectionary.org/hymnstories.htm</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
size=3><BR><BR>BIBLIOGRAPHY:<BR><BR>Barclay, William, The Daily Study Bible:
Gospel of Mark (Edinburgh: The Saint Andrew Press, 1954)<BR><BR>Boring, M.
Eugene, The New Testament Library, Mark, A Commentary (Louisville: Westminster
John Knox Press, 2006)<BR><BR>Brooks, James A, The New American Commentary: Mark
(Nashville: Broadman Press, 1991)<BR><BR>Brueggemann, Walter; Cousar, Charles
B.; Gaventa, Beverly R.; and Newsome, James D., Texts for Preaching: A
Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV -- Year B (Louisville: Westminster John
Knox Press, 1993)<BR><BR>Craddock, Fred B.; Hayes, John H.; Holladay, Carl R.;
Tucker, Gene M., Preaching Through the Christian Year, B (Valley Forge: Trinity
Press International, 1993)<BR><BR>Donahue, John R. and Harrington, Daniel J.,
Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of Mark (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press,
2002)<BR><BR>Edwards, James R., The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel
According to Mark (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,
2002)<BR><BR>Evans, Craig A., Word Biblical Commentary: Mark 8:27 -- 16:20
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001)<BR><BR>France, R.T., The New
International Greek Testament Commentary: The Gospel of Mark (Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002)<BR><BR>Geddert, Timothy J., Believers
Church Bible Commentary: Mark (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2001)<BR><BR>Grant,
Frederick C. and Luccock, Halford E., The Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 7
(Nashville: Abingdon, 1951)<BR><BR>Hare, Douglas R. A., Westminster Bible
Companion: Mark (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996)<BR><BR>Hooker,
Morna D., Black's New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to Saint Mark
(Hendrickson Publishers, 1991)<BR><BR>Hurtado, Larry W., New International
Biblical Commentary: Mark (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers,
Inc., 1983, 1989)<BR><BR>Lane, William L., The New International Commentary on
the New Testament: The Gospel of Mark (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans
Publishing Co., 1974)<BR><BR>Moule, C.F.D., The Cambridge Bible Commentary on
the New English Bible: The Gospel of Mark (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1965)<BR><BR>Perkins, Pheme, The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. VIII
(Nashville: Abingdon, 1995)<BR><BR>Williamson, Lamar Jr., Interpretation: Mark
(Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1983)<BR><BR></FONT><A
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