Sunday Adult Education
Video based discussions
February 25 – Restoring Relationships: There are three Biblical “macro stories” that shape the whole of the Biblical narrative: Bondage and Liberation, Exile and Return, Sin and Forgiveness. Each representing a different facet of the human condition, they demonstrate what is necessary for the restoration of relationships on a variety of levels.
March 3 – The Prophetic Jesus: Jesus was a troublemaker. He said and did things that were upsetting to agents of the political and religious domination systems that oppressed the weak and downtrodden. In this way, Jesus stood firmly in the traditions of the prophets of Hebrew Scripture—those who offered a clear and challenging “alternative script” to the status quo.
March 10 – Evil, Suffering, and a God of Love: If God is all-powerful, all-loving, and all-good, how do you explain and respond to the existence of so much suffering and evil in the world?
March 17 – The Myth of Redemptive Violence: The most potent religion in Western culture is not Christianity, but a belief in the power of violence. Although Jesus inaugurated a new order based on partnership, equality, compassion and non-violence, his example and teachings have been eclipsed by an emphasis on a human unworthiness that demands and defines the need for Jesus’ violent, suffering, atoning death.
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