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Festival of homiletics 2015 mclaren

This document discusses the book of Hosea from the Bible. It begins by providing context about the prophet Hosea and his marriage to Gomer, which was meant as an object lesson about Israel's unfaithfulness to God. Several key points are made: - Hosea names his children Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi to symbolize God's punishment and rejection of Israel. - However, God also promises to someday restore the people and give them new names and identities, showing his willingness to forgive and redeem. - Hosea's marriage to Gomer, though difficult, represents how God loves and pursues even unfaithful people in

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Who is that guy?
Who is that guy? That’s Hosea! He’s a preacher ...
The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel. 2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.’ 3 So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 And the Lord said to him, ‘Name him Jezreel;* for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.’
2 Kings 9 The lookout reported, "He has reached them, but he isn't coming back either. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi--he drives like a madman." 21 "Hitch up my chariot," Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, "Have you come in peace, Jehu?" "How can there be peace," Jehu replied, "as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?" 23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, "Treachery, Ahaziah!" 24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, "Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the LORD made this prophecy about him: 26 'Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, declares the LORD, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.' Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the LORD." 27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him, shouting, "Kill him too!" They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.
What Jehu did in Jezreel was just & right. (2 Kings) - like a faithful marriage. ??? What Jehu did in Jezreel was terrible and wrong! (Hosea) - like a sleazy sex scandal.
6 [Gomer] conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them. 7 But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or by horses, or by horsemen.’ 8 When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son. 9 Then the Lord said, ‘Name him Lo-ammi,* for you are not my people and I am not your God.’*
Jezreel Lo-ruhama Lo-ammi Wounded Knee Systemic Racism Destructive Economy
“It stinks when your entire childhood - starting with your name - is an extended object lesson in an ethical spectacle.” - Jezreel, Lo-ruhama, & Lo- ammi
21 On that day I will answer, says the Lord, I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth; 22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel;* 23 and I will sow him* for myself in the land. And I will have pity on Lo-ruhamah,* and I will say to Lo-ammi,* ‘You are my people’; and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’
Jezreel - displaced, sown Lo-ruhama - no compassion, compassion Lo-ammi - not my people, my people
Jezreel - scattered, sown Lo-ruhama - no compassion, compassion Lo-ammi - not my people, my people N EW N AM ES N EW IDEN TITY N EW N ARRATIVE
Wounded Knee - Dignity Restored Systemic Racism - Deep Reconciliation Destructive Economy Regenerative Economy
Wounded Knee - Dignity Restored Systemic Racism - Deep Reconciliation Destructive Economy Regenerative Economy N EW N AM ES N EW IDEN TITY N EW N ARRATIVE
What about Gomer?
GOD REJECTS/DESTROYS/SHAMES WHAT IS SINFUL TO CONDEMN IT ??? GOD MARRIES WHAT IS SINFUL TO REDEEM & HEAL IT ... TO MAKE IT FRUITFUL!
Matthew 9:10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax-collectors and sinners came and were sitting* with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax-collectors and sinners?’ 12 But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’ 6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt- offerings.
GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD ??? BUT SO THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM (Jn 3:17)
incarnation companionship draws near became flesh and dwelt among us friend of sinners welcome to the table not righteous, but sinners come to me i will in no way cast out marriage supper of the lamb
the narrative of violence the narrative of compassion
the narrative of violence the narrative of compassion N EW N AM ES N EW IDEN TITY N EW N ARRATIVE
The Scriptures are full of unlikely pregnancies ...
Unlikely Pregnancies of the Bible: Gomer Sarah Ruth/Naomi Hannah Elizabeth Mary
TOO CYNICAL! TOO OLD?! TOO YOUNG?! NOTREADY? SELF DOUBT UNLIKELY! UNPREPARED?ASHAMED? FAILED BEFORE!
Unlikely Pregnancies of the Bible: Gomer Sarah Ruth/Naomi Hannah Elizabeth Mary NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE W ITH GOD!
COULD CHRISTIANITY BE PREGNANT?
signs of pregnancy - flexibility (2 kinds) - creativity - realism - restlessness - dreaming - anticipation - discomfort
JOY!
JOY! PANIC!
JOY! PANIC! ANXIETY!
JOY! PANIC! ANXIETY! MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS!
JOY! PANIC! ANXIETY! MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS! SELF DOUBT W ONDER INSECURITY RESPONSIBILITY EXCITEMENT!
the narrative of decline ... whom do we blame?
“It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion--its message becomes meaningless.” ― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
the narrative of decline ... whom do we blame? N EW N AM ES N EW IDEN TITY N EW N ARRATIVE
the narrative of decline the narrative of pregnancy
“There is something afoot in the universe, something that looks like gestation and birth.” - Pierre Tielhard de Chardin
the narrative of pregnancy Christ born in you. Christ born in us. Christ born in today’s world.
It’s time to stop naming ourselves by the narrative of decline. It’s time to accept for ourselves and announce to the world ...
Good News! We are Pregnant!
JOY! PANIC! ANXIETY! MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS! SELF DOUBT W ONDER INSECURITY RESPONSIBILITY EXCITEMENT!
“I am the Lord’s servant. Let it be to me according to your word.”
Good News! Christianity is Pregnant!
Pregnancy as a Christian future.
Three possible futures: Continuing contraction Conservative resurgence Pregnancy
Three possible futures: Continuing contraction - Shrinking numbers - Wrinkling members - Low retention - Low evangelization - Constrained leadership - Secure finances
Three possible futures: Conservative resurgence - Immigration fears - Western domination - Terrorism fears/revenge - Playing to bases - New alliances (global, ecumenical)
Three possible futures: Conservative resurgence - Immigration fears - Western domination - Terrorism fears/revenge - Playing to bases - New alliances (global, ecumenical)
The greatest threat to world peace is radical Islam... Only the United States, and more specifically, only the conservative, evangelical Christians of America are who stand between radical Islam and their quest for global domination. If the world is to be saved from Muslim conquest, it will be America who does it. And if America is to be saved, only conservatism can do it. And if conservatism is to be saved, it will be those Bible-believing patriots who do it–those conservative, evangelical Christians who are the bedrock of the American way of life. Why? Because only Christianity has the intellectual and spiritual horsepower to defeat radical Islam and prevent the world from returning to the darkness of the 7th century. After all, the story of the birth and growth of Western Civilization is pretty much the story of the birth and growth of Christianity. The divide between East and West today, fundamentally, is the divide between Islam and Christianity. Christians and Muslims know this, it’s the secularists who don’t get it–or at least won’t admit it. - Why Al Queda Supports the Emerging Church - #1 Religious Talk Show Host NRB Award Winner
Three possible futures: Pregnancy - Theological & liturgical renaissance - Missional reorientation - Post-national, post-partisan identity/ethos - Spiritual-social movement (Peace, planet, poverty) - New alliances (global, ecumenical)
Which future(s) should you prepare for? Which future seems most likely?
Which future(s) should you prepare for? Which future seems most likely? DO NOT CONSPIRE IN YOUR OWN DIMINISHMENT! (PARKER PALMER)
Which future(s) should you prepare for? Which future seems most likely? Which future should you help create? DO NOT CONSPIRE IN YOUR OWN DIMINISHMENT! (PARKER PALMER)
Three possible futures: Pregnancy - Theological reformation - Missional reorientation - Post-national, post-partisan identity/ethos - Spiritual-social movement (Peace, planet, poverty) - New alliances (global, ecumenical)
62 Pregnancy takes two ...
Two Parents ... Catholic/Orthodox and Protestant Mainline and Evangelical Critical and Experiential Contemplative and Activist Institution and Movement Rooted and Innovative Majority and Minority Convergent and Distinct Pregnancy
Two Parents ... Catholic/Orthodox and Protestant Mainline and Evangelical Critical and Experiential Contemplative and Activist Institution and Movement Rooted and Innovative Majority and Minority Convergent and Distinct Pregnancy
Two Parents ... Catholic/Orthodox and Protestant Mainline and Evangelical Critical and Experiential Contemplative and Activist Institution and Movement Rooted and Innovative Majority and Minority Convergent and Distinct Pregnancy
Methodists alone can’t solve Methodist problems. Presbyterians alone can’t solve Presbyterian problems. Baptists alone can’t solve Baptist problems. Our solutions won’t fit in our sectarian silos. Pregnancy
Intersection
Intersection: Church
Intersection: Church World
Intersection Church World
Convergence Missional Mainliners Progressive Catholics Progressive & Post- Evangelicals Socially engaged peace & ethnic churches
Convergence Missional Mainliners Progressive Catholics Progressive & Post- Evangelicals Socially engaged peace & ethnic churches
ConvergenceProgressive Catholics Socially engaged peace & ethnic churches Progressive & Post- Evangelicals Missional Mainliners
74 Pregnancy takes two ...
75 Pregnancy converts you.
“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ” ― Elizabeth Stone Pregnancy converts you.
“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ” ― Elizabeth Stone Pregnancy converts you. Pregnancy costs you.
“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ” ― Elizabeth Stone Pregnancy converts you. Pregnancy costs you. Pregnancy changes you.
Many Christians, pastors, denominational leaders, and congregations would rather not be converted, pay the cost, or undergo the changes of pregnancy. Pregnancy converts you.
Many Christians, pastors, denominational leaders, and congregations would rather not be converted, pay the cost, or undergo the changes of pregnancy. Pregnancy converts you. That’s OK. Just don’t let them hold you hostage!
81 Pregnancy converts you.Pregnancy converts you.
82 Pregnancy takes two ...
83 Pregnancy converts you.
84 Pregnancy typically involves romance.
85 If Christianity’s future is pregnancy ... it will require a romance between a movement and institutions.
we need a theology of institutions, movements. and Communities
87 Communities Families, individuals, and organizations linked to a common environment, collaborating for the common good.
Institutions: Organizations which conserve the gains made by past social movements to serve their community.
Social Movements Organizations which make proposals or demands to current institutions to make progress towards new gains for their community.
Both movements and institutions... Organize for their purpose Need one another Are frustrated with one another Benefit - or harm -communities
Without movements ... Institutions stagnate ... Without institutions ... Movements evaporate ...
Movements may ... - successfully inject their values into the institutions they challenge. - create their own institutions. - be co-opted. - be defeated.
From Greg Leffel Faith Seeking Action: Mission and Social Movements
Leffel’s 6 Characteristics of Vibrant Social Movements
1. Opportunity Structure (Context Awareness) Current restraining realities ... in tension with ... emerging opportunities.
Opportunities: - Problems needing to be solved - Elites who hold power, resist change or promote negative change - Fissures, Problems among elites that make the status quo vulnerable - Values of the movement in conflict with values of elites - Potential advocates and allies in academic, civil society, arts, church, government, business, science, etc.
2. Rhetorical Framing/Conceptual Architecture What is our message? How do we redefine current reality? Desired reality? What are our proposals or demands?
3. Protest (messaging) strategy Raising awareness, attracting growing numbers of participants... Campaigns, tactics, deployments, making demands, public relations, sustaining conflict, forcing a crisis, managing internal tensions, managing stigmatization, showing results, maintaining momentum, not overreacting, defining acceptable level of disruption
4. Mobilization Structures & Strategies - Authority and Decision-Making Structures - Transparency/Confidentiality, Communication Plans - Leadership development, Relational Development, Conflict Management Plans - Coalition development - Resource, Technology, Finance Mobilization and Management - Evangelism, recruitment, induction - Renewal and Increase of commitment
5. Movement culture - Emotional vibe (fun, serious, angry, playful, heady, gutsy, etc.) - Feel of spaces, physical and digital - Songs, slogans - Virtues, values, moral ethos - Dress, Graphics, - Nicknames, terminology - Emotion, motivation, motion