Monday, April 30, 2007

From Blue(s) to Gospel

The blog-experiment continues! as our focus moves on from "Blue Like Jazz" to the Gospel of John. We're treating the Gospel like a book to savor, rather than a reference volume -- thanks in part to an annotation-free manuscript (*) we assembled just for the purpose. We'll also listen to segments from the "Bible Experience" CD series, and we'll watch portions of the "Gospel of John" DVD set. Here is the schedule we're following:
April 15: Manuscript pp. 1-2 (Ch. 1)
April 22: pp. 3-11 (Chs. 2-6)
April 29: (no class - Ministry Fair)
May 6: pp. 11-18 (Chs. 7-10)
May 13: pp. 18-27 (Chs. 11-16)
May 20: pp. 27-34 (Chs. 17-21)
May 27, June 3, June 10: TBD (more on this in a later post)

Throughout the study we'll be pondering questions like What questions did Jesus ask? ... Why did he perform these miracles? ... How did Jesus relate to women?
... What did he say about knowing? ... About believing? ... What did Jesus explain? ... What did he not explain? etc.

(*) I'd love to post it for all to enjoy; but Zondervan might break my kneecaps.