Eat This Book: Finding Nourishment in the Psalms | Psalm 114 - Redeeming Memory

2024-06-05

Bible Texts: Psalm 114 and Luke 22:14-19 Reflecting on his own past trauma, the theologian Miroslav Volf warns that our very souls are at stake in how we remember. If that's true, then how do we remember rightly? How do we look to our past in a way that gives life in the present and hope for the future? In this sermon, Paul looks to Psalm 114 for answers. Considering that this is a psalm of memory, likely sung by Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper, Paul suggests that it is a revealing example of right...

Bible Texts: Psalm 114 and Luke 22:14-19

Reflecting on his own past trauma, the theologian Miroslav Volf warns that our very souls are at stake in how we remember.

If that's true, then how do we remember rightly? How do we look to our past in a way that gives life in the present and hope for the future?

In this sermon, Paul looks to Psalm 114 for answers. Considering that this is a psalm of memory, likely sung by Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper, Paul suggests that it is a revealing example of right remembering. That is, remembering in three dimensions: past, present, and future...

References:

Miroslav Wolf, "The End of Memory"

BBC TV Drama: "Broken", starring Sean Bean

Video clip from the end of Paul's sermon: • Marta Gonzalez former Prima Ballerina...

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