Here are notes from week III, "New Testament Made Easy" class:
Laura, following up on awareness of different learning styles, put together a basket of art and craft supplies for our use during class. This is a way to encourage active listening for those who find it helpful to use their hands or draw or colorize during class. Several folks made good use of colored markers/pencils and pipe cleaners.
After our opening prayer we took a few moments to share insights from our own researches into the "synoptic gospels", from web based resources. For all our information, www.ibs.org, the site for International Bible Society, is a great and useful place for general research & outlines of books of the Bible.
We spent a good amount of time talking over a three-way comparison of the story of healing of the paralytic, content shared by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. We began to move through analysis to application to our lives, thinking about the message of sin, healing, and forgiveness through Christ. With some background established about how to compare/contrast the three gospel books, it feels like we are eager to move toward discussion of what the Scripture means for us.
We hope, in preparation for this coming Sunday, we will all have thought about our four basic questions:
1. What does the story tell me about me?
2. What does the story tell me about God?
3. What does the story tell me about my relationship with God?
4. What will I do?
We will continue our discussion this Sunday, September 28.
Have a great week. Laura and I are blessed, blessed to have you all in this class.
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