6-week series: January 17/18, 2024 – February 28/29, 2024
(no class February 14/15 Ash Wednesday Week)
Wednesdays Online @ 11am
Thursdays @ 1pm, Community Classroom
Walk through the Bible’s earliest source for the life of Jesus with Pastor Danielle and scholar Amy-Jill Levine as she examines John the Baptizer, the Little Apocalypse, the Transfiguration, and several of Jesus’s most notable stories and parables. The Good News of the gospel message comes alive in this book as readers see Jesus as divine and human, powerful and weak, approachable yet mysterious. The book features an in-depth study of select passages and illuminates the Gospel in its historical context and as a source for the other gospels. Amy-Jill Levine is a self-described unorthodox member of an Orthodox synagogue and a Yankee Jewish feminist who until 2021 taught at a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible belt!
Grab your favorite Bible and come for either class or join us or use the recorded sessions for a self-guided study!
Books are also available to purchase on your own. MORE BOOK INFO
Contact info@tllc.org for the login information for the online class or to get the recorded videos of each class.
Class Schedule:
weekly summaries posted each week
January 17/18 The Good News (Mark 1-4)
Introduction & Chapter 1 along with Mark 1-4.
If you don’t have time to read the entire section of Mark, note that we will spend our time discussing 1:1-15, 2:14-17, and 4:2-9. We’ll explore how this ancient biography packs a punch even to our modern ears, why Mark’s gospel is unique, and how these particular stories call us to discipleship still today.
January 24/25 Restoring Purity & Wholeness (Mark 5-7)
Chapter 2 along with Mark 5-7. If you don’t have time to read the entire section of Mark, note that we will spend our time discussing Mark 6:7-29, Mark 7:1-23. We’ll explore how this ancient biography packs a punch even to our modern ears, why a Jewish perspective in our reading is helpful, and how these particular stories call us to discipleship still today.
Jan 31/Feb 1 Sacrifice, Ransom, Prophet, Messiah (Mark 8-10)
Chapter 3 along with Mark 8-10. If you don’t have time to read the entire section of Mark, note that we will spend our time discussing Mark 9:1-29 & Mark 10:32-34. We’ll explore how this ancient biography packs a punch even to our modern ears, why a Jewish perspective in our reading is helpful, and why Jesus’ Passion predictions should still be shocking to us today.
February 7/8 Fig Trees & Tenants (Mark 11-12)
Chapter 4 along with Mark 11-12. If you don’t have time to read the entire section of Mark, note that we will spend our time discussing Mark 11:11-26 and Mark 12:1-12. We’ll explore how this ancient biography packs a punch even to our modern ears, why a Jewish perspective in our reading is helpful, and why Mark invites us to wrestle with Jesus’ provocative parables.
February 14/15 No Class – Ash Wednesday (services at 12 & 7PM)
February 21/22 The Little Apocalypse (Mark 13)
Chapter 5 along with Mark 13. We’ll explore how this ancient biography packs a punch even to our modern ears, why a Jewish perspective in our reading is helpful, and why Mark’s “Little Apocalypse” speaks to each generation.
February 28/29 Judas Iscariot & The Naked Young Man (Mark 14-16)
Chapter 6 along with Mark 14-16, especially Mark 14:10-21, 14:50-52 & 16:1-8. We’ll explore how this ancient biography packs a punch even to our modern ears, why a Jewish perspective in our reading is helpful, and how Mark’s ending calls us to be disciples and witnesses in a unique way.