Tagged with: hermeneutics
Theology Matters: The Gospels: Session 9: Signs
| Sun Oct 25 '15
Why did Jesus spend so much time doing miracles? Some of them seem so strange, or arbitrary: is there a purpose behind them? This session will help us to understand and interpret Jesus’ miracles in the context of his wider...
Theology Matters: The Gospels: Session 8 – Symbols: Temple and Torah
| Sun Jun 28 '15
In this seminar, Chris Oldfield and Liam Thatcher look at how Jesus treated the central symbols of Judaism. In particular, they consider what he had to say about the Temple and the Law Download the handouts that accompany this session
Theology Matters: The Gospels: Session 6 – The Little Stories
| Sun Jun 14 '15
Why did Jesus spend so much time telling confusing little stories? Why are they often so hard to understand? And what do they have to teach us about the main themes of Jesus’ ministry? In this session Liam looks at how...
Theology Matters: The Gospels: Session 4 – Purpose: Luke and John
| Sun Feb 15 '15
Each of the gospels tells the story of Jesus in a particular way, for a particular purpose. In this session, Liam Thatcher looks at Luke and John and tries to work out why they emphasise certain themes and what particular points they are...
Theology Matters: The Gospels: Session 2 – Genre
| Sun Feb 1 '15
What are gospels anyway?! Why do we have four of them? And why are there differences between the accounts? How were they written? And what are the particular challenges involved in reading them? This session will give some guidelines for...
Theology Matters: The Gospels
| Thu Jan 8 '15
It has been said that the Bible is “like a river; broad and deep. Shallow enough here for a lamb to go wading, but deep enough there for the elephant to swim.” Wading. Swimming. I don’t know about you, but...
