Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 1: “The Church“ and Abortion
Read MORE: Lesson 1: “The Church“ and Abortion“I decided to begin our series on abortion with an article written by Michael Cooper-White, the president emeritus of United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg and director of Lutheran Formation at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He also reports…
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Asking Too Much of Christianity?
Read MORE: Asking Too Much of Christianity?Paul suggested I do a few sessions on abortion. I’ll start next week. In the meantime, I decided to use the following Facebook post by Kerry Walters as a transition. Kerry was a very respected and beloved philosophy professor at…
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Lesson 10: Resurrection has Begun
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Resurrection has BegunSome of the most emotional and contentious debates I have had with other pastors and theologians have been about what exactly happened on Easter. Some feel there is no Christianity without a resurrection in which Jesus of Nazareth is literally…
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Lesson 9: Resurrection Raises Persons
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Resurrection Raises PersonsLet’s answer the two questions with which we began: Is there a life after death for me? Shall I be with my loved ones who have already died? In the New Testament, the question is whether those who have died…
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Lesson 8: Resurrection Makes All Right
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Resurrection Makes All RightI began this series by suggesting most of us associate resurrection with questions about whether there is life after death and if there is, whether we shall enjoy the presence of our beloved. I probably should have added that some…
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Lesson 7: Resurrection According to John
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Resurrection According to JohnThe entire gospel of John can be read as a discourse on what Jesus’ resurrection means for us. John’s Jesus of Nazareth bears little resemblance to that of the other three evangelists because it is nothing approaching a historical biography.…
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Lesson 6: Resurrection According to Luke (2)
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Resurrection According to Luke (2)Last week, I noted Luke presents quite a different version of the universal resurrection than Mark and Matthew. This week, I want to examine how he likewise makes significant changes in how Jesus’ resurrection has been reported. You still have…
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Lesson 5: Resurrection According to Luke (Part 1)
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Resurrection According to Luke (Part 1)After examining what Paul, Mark, Matthew, and now Luke say about resurrection, you get the idea that we are looking at the development of a narrative rather than a report of historic events. For instance, Luke makes additions that seem…
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Lesson 4: Resurrection According to Matthew
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Resurrection According to MatthewThe key to reading Matthew is to realize that he is “Mark plus.” He includes the entire book of Mark almost word for word. The plus is the addition of teachings and parables that pictures Mark’s worker of mighty acts…
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Lesson 3: The Resurrection According to Mark
Read MORE: Lesson 3: The Resurrection According to MarkYou have to be somewhat surprised by Mark’s short terse account of the Easter story. We heard from Paul about 30 years earlier that there was an official list of people to whom Jesus appeared after his execution. You would…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!