The Loving Son and His Older Brother
“’But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”
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Session 3: Creation IA—The Inanimate World
Now, before we charge ahead into verse three of Genesis, let’s take a look at the early history of Israel where the Book of Genesis was composed.
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Against the Pagan “Christians”
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not the god most “Christians” worship. They’ve fallen into this idolatrous pit because they don’t read the Scriptures carefully enough.
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Session 2: Prehistory—Mythologies of the Ancient Near East
Last session, we talked about the conceptual framework in which all myth exists. Every myth is a story that serves a purpose. It can be used to celebrate events or heroes, to model ideal behavior, or to explain the origin of things.
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Lord, Transfigure Us!
“Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.`”
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Session 1: Background—Myth, Space, and Time
The first three chapters of Genesis have burrowed their way into our popular culture more than almost any other passages in the Judaeo-Christian Scriptures.
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The Temptations of Christians
“Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.”
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Pride Judges All Things
“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
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Where Are Jesus’s Disciples?
“’…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.’”
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Should Christians Be Miserable?
“And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’”
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The Barque of Peter
“Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’”
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Fear: The Original Sin
“They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill”
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Do the Churches Get a Failing Grade?
Scripture Readings What’s going on in today’s gospel reading? Right at the beginning of Jesus’s public ministry, Luke takes us back to Nazareth, where Jesus grew up. Along with all […]
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Transformations
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”
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Christianity Is Not for Children
"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
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Epiphany or Apocalypse?
"They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother."
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Two Liturgies, One Celebration
"And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart."
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Where is love?
"The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him."
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A new creation dawns
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him."
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Is the birth of Christ an historical event?
"For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord."