I'm internally debating—and it's spilling out into my blog, of course—where to start with my first major (and public) exegesis. I don't want to start out with an entire book or even an entire chapter. So I'm thinking I need to find a decent sized but complete pericope and work from there.
I'd like to find something fairly uncontroversial (so no women, homo, or major eschatological issues) so that I can get honest feedback without starting a firestorm. I'd like to stick with the New Testament for the simple reason that I'd like to get my Greek down first before I tackle Hebrew and because the topics are a lot less ... um ... meandering. It's letters and thoughts rather than history and huge proclamations. Oh, yeah, and despite our particular affinity toward the motifs of Revelation, that's out too.
So, as much as I hate the thought of it, that leaves the Epistles. I'm guessing that means I'm going to have to tackle Paul and I already know that I'll be dis'n the guy by comparing his trash to Christ's message. Hey! He opened the door; I'd just be walking through it. Maybe I should do something simple like one of the Peters or Jude or something.
Suggestions? Anyone? Let's aim for suggestions that are limited to, say, a section of verses between 5 and 15 verses, give or take a couple, and form a complete pericope. I think I could handle that before jumping off into deeper waters. It doesn't have to be simple as in kindergarten simple, but I'd like to not get myself entrenched into weird denominational/doctrinal issues as already mentioned above.
