Sermon preached by James Harbeck at Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto, January 29, 2012
Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15–20; 1 Corinthians 8:1–13; Mark 1:21–28
In the Gospel, it says the people in the synagogue were astonished at the teaching of Jesus, because he taught them as one having authority, not as the scribes did. After he cast out the demon, they said to each other, “A new teaching – with authority!”
What does that mean here? Does it mean that the scribes would go up and say [namby-pamby voice] “Oh, well, you know, I think maybe you should sort of do this or something,” and Jesus said “OK, you, do this! You, do that!”
Well, not exactly. What it [...]
