Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Proper 17 | Ordinary Time 22 (2018)
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Song of Solomon 2:8-13
I can understand the rationale of the church fathers determining that the Song of Solomon must be an allegory about God and the church. The words are sensual and earthy, not distant, aloof and pure in the usual scriptural sense. But anyone who has been in love knows the joy of this book and the relationship it has to the sorrows and joys of human love and relationships.
I can understand the rationale of the church fathers determining that the Song of Solomon must be an allegory about God and the church. The words are sensual and earthy, not distant, aloof and pure in the usual scriptural sense. But anyone who has been in love knows the joy of this book and the relationship it has to the sorrows and joys of human love and relationships.
