When you have to smog up your writing with repetitive inside verbiage, you've probably run out of important things to say:
In Acts 2, the narrative recounting of Pentecost identifies the distinctive character of an eschatological (end-time) community created by the exalted Jesus through the Spirit's power. In addition, Peter's pentecostal proclamation engenders a fresh call to embodied memory and hope - through the story of Jesus and the witness of Israel's Scripture - in communal practices of resurrection.
Joel B. Green & Michael Pasquarello III, Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching, 2003, p. 71.
Say what?
Does he mean that the church got the ball rolling at Pentecost when Peter preached the resurrection and called them to baptism? Yeah, I thought so.
Posted by: pentamom | May 03, 2010 at 02:05 PM
Here is what he could have said:
"Acts 2 recounts the distinct new community that was formed as Peter's proclamation calls them to live in the power of the Resurrection."
But I guess that would cut the size of the book in half and not sound so intellectual.
Posted by: Garrett | May 03, 2010 at 03:40 PM