Fred Craddock

Fred Craddock is professor emeritus of preaching and New Testament in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.

Articles by Fred Craddock

Living by the Word

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Matthew 2:13–23

Dec 14, 2010 by Fred Craddock

Today is December 26. It is still Christmas and it will be until January 6. My mother did not think so. On the evening of December 25 she tossed the tree, put away the decorations, fed the family the leftovers and announced it was 365 days until Christmas. For her the Depression stole Christmas, widening the gulf between those who have and those who do not.

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Matthew 1:18–25

Dec 07, 2010 by Fred Craddock

When the lectionary tells me I can skip a few verses, I am not suspicious. I don't ask what secret is being kept from me or what doctrine is being protected. Very likely the omitted material is totally boring, or too bloody, or repeated elsewhere, or judged to offer no nourishment to faith hungering for bread.

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Above and beyond

Mark 16:1-8

Apr 05, 2003 by Fred Craddock

Despite confusion about the ending of this Gospel, Mark's Easter account is full of Good News. To disciples who had abandoned him and to Peter who had denied him, Jesus' word was, "I will meet you in Galilee. There we began together; there we will begin anew."

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Protest march

Mark 11:1-11

Apr 05, 2003 by Fred Craddock

Even if we’ve set out on the Lenten pilgrimage on Ash Wednesday and taken every step in penitence and prayer, we are still not prepared for the arrival. Neither were those who joined Jesus in Galilee and made their way up to Jerusalem. For many it was an annual pilgrimage, but in one particular year, the pilgrimage was a once-in-a-lifetime experience because it was made in the company of Jesus of Nazareth.

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