Toward Jerusalem: A journey of the eternal now (A Sermon)

This article is a theological-ethical Lenten sermon that attempts to discern the transcendent themes in the narrative of Luke 9-19 with an especial focus upon “setting the face toward Jerusalem” and the subsequent weeping over Jerusalem. The sermon moves from a passage from William Faulkner’s As I L...

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Main Author: Wilson, Richard Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2021, Volume: 118, Issue: 1, Pages: 102-107
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
FD Contextual theology
KAA Church history
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Social Justice
B Luke 9-19
B Eternal Now
B Lent
B Paul Tillich
B Black lives matter movement
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Summary:This article is a theological-ethical Lenten sermon that attempts to discern the transcendent themes in the narrative of Luke 9-19 with an especial focus upon “setting the face toward Jerusalem” and the subsequent weeping over Jerusalem. The sermon moves from a passage from William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying through a series of hermeneutical turns that rely upon insights from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Will Campbell, Augustine, and Paul Tillich with the hope of illuminating what setting of the face on Jerusalem might mean. Tillich’s “eternal now” theme elaborates Augustine’s insight that memory and time reduce the present as, to paraphrase the Saint, that all we have is a present: a present remembered, a present experienced, and a present anticipated. The Gospel is a timeless message applicable to every moment in time and history. The sermon seeks to connect with recent events in the United States and the world that focus upon challenges to the ideals of social justice and political tyranny.
ISSN:2052-9449
Contains:Enthalten in: Review and expositor
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00346373211003990