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This is the third of what has been a three part series of adult spiritual formation / education (Sunday School) classes that I recently finished teaching at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) , here in March of 2022. The date for this particular recording was March 20, 2022. During this series, I lead discussion of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for these Sundays in Lent. Many thanks to my sisters and brothers who joined in the conversation. This Sunday's readings were: Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-81 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 You can access these readings here . We discussed things like: Spiritualizing vs eschatological / apocalyptic approaches to the Judeo-Christian tradition in these texts More on Judaism, Christianity, and the perils of supercessionism A God-inspired vision of what the world could be if we could "buy...without money" and not "labor of that which does not satisfy" God's people as attracting the interest of the na

This is the second of what should be a three part series of adult spiritual formation / education (Sunday School) classes that I'm currently teaching at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) , here in March of 2022. The date for this particular recording was March 13, 2022. During this series, I will be leading discussion of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for these Sundays in Lent. Many thanks to my sisters and brothers who joined in the conversation. This Sunday's readings were: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 You can access these readings here . We discussed things like: Abram / Abraham's 318 "trained men" and what he could possibly have to be afraid of Suzerain treaties Genesis 15:6 and its influence on the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Depictions of Jesus's relationship with the Pharisees and the place of Jesus-following Pharisees in the early days of what would become Christianity T

This is the first of what should be a three part series of adult spiritual formation / education (Sunday School) classes that I'm currently teaching at St. Charles Presbyterian Church (USA) , here in March of 2022. The date for this particular recording was March 6, 2022. During this series, I will be leading discussion of the Revised Common Lectionary texts for these Sundays in Lent. Many thanks to my sisters and brothers who joined in the conversation. This Sunday's readings were: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 You can access these readings here . We discussed things like: My complicated relationship to the liturgical year and lectionary Lent, Zwingli, and the origins of the Reformed tradition How maybe Ash Wednesday should come before Mardi Gras. How we should treat "aliens" / immigrants How observation of the Sabbath is explained differently in Exodus 20 compared to Deuteronomy 5 How the Jewish and Christian tra