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Have you ever wondered how the Bible fits together chronologically?
This is the class for you!
We start at the beginning and journey through, just us and our Bibles.
Pastor Gayle is a storyteller, so don't expect a verse-by-verse approach.
Instead, she offers fresh perspectives as well as practical tools to help build your confidence in digging into Scripture on your own.
Choose Your Own Adventure
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Each video is about 30 minutes of teaching plus about 15 minutes of discussion.
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If you'd like to join the class LIVE via Zoom, click here to sign up. We meet online each Thursday at 11:00 am, Central Time.
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CURRENT CLASS SERIES
The 3rd Missionary Journey:
Romans
Romans (Part 1)
Paul is nearing the end of his 3rd Missionary Journey. As he turns south towards Corinth, his heart yearns to continue westward to Rome to meet the church of believers that has formed there in the heart of the Empire.
He can’t go to see them quite yet, so he writes a letter that is widely regarded as his Magnum Opus--a sweeping statement of his theology. We discover that, as usual, Paul’s words are controversial. Four hundred years later, the Early Church Fathers quite literally spill blood as they fight over what it means for Jesus to be both divine and human and whether the Holy Spirit is part of God and Jesus or not.
And, of course, there’s the big clobber passage in Romans 1 that has been used to bash the LGBTQ community. We discover this passage actually applies to us all equally.
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We cover Romans 1.
Romans (Part 2)
Paul throws us in the deep end here. Romans is densely packed with theology. Don’t worry. We take it in bite-sized chunks.
He talks about the value (or not) of being a Jew as opposed to being a Gentile. Paul has deep roots in the Law but he sees it now as something that pointed to Christ--something fulfilled in Christ.
We join Paul as he reflects on how the sin offerings under the Law showed God’s justice and righteousness in the same way Christ did, but with Christ, God’s righteousness and justice are revealed even more brilliantly.
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We cover Romans 2:1-3:26.
Romans (Part 3)
Paul has something of a reputation for anti-Semitism. We hit a few of those passages today. We look at them through the lens of Paul’s deeply held Jewish roots and his understanding of the role of the Law.
We also talk about works vs grace. And we discover that the Greek word for grace is charis, literally the charisma of God. That opens up a whole new vista of what “grace” might mean for us.
Lastly we examine what Paul might mean when he talks about Jesus dying for the benefit of the wicked and reconciling us to God. There’s a lot to unpack here.
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We cover Romans 3:27-6:23.