Stephen Julian

May 17, 2009

This was the last lesson for Puzzling Passages.  The next podcast will no be until June 13th.

Jude  

verse 1&3 - Who is the audience?  

verse 4:  “Secretly” - They deny who Christ is.  

verse 5:  A reminder of truth the audience already knows.  

verse 6:  Even angels are punished.  

verse 7:  Powerful images.  

verse 8:  The arrogance of people.  

verse 10:  The human condition.  

verse 11:  The original heretic.  

verse 12&13:  More images to drive the point home.  

verse 14-16:  Not directed at “struggling followers.”  

verse 17:  Jude’s encouragement.  

verse 20:  What believers are to do.

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May 10, 2009

“Eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood”

John 6:26 - Those in authority set the agenda

John 6:28 - The disciples want to learn

John 6:29 - Their work (and ours) is to believe

John 6:30 - Can a Christian have it “both ways?”

John 6:32 - The credit goes to God. John 6:33 - The “bread”

John 6:37 - Who did Jesus drive away?

John 6:41 - Grumbling John 6:44-  Controversy

John 6:52 - Grumbling becomes sharply argueing.

John 6:68 - Peter says “we believe” Transubstantiation - literal or figurative

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May 3, 2009

“Not all who think they’re getting in, do”

Matthew 7: 21-23  – Doing the will of God vs saying you do the will of God.  

– Jesus chose from his humility to react and interact with people  

– 3 interpretations of claims to Jesus     

- truth as they perceive it.     

 - exaggeration     

- lying   A central issue in Scripture

- What must I do to inherit eternal life?  

Romans 9:30 - 10:13 Makes it clear what must be done.  

Romans 10:3 - The human condition.  

Matthew 19:16-30 - Jesus targets the man’s problem.  

–  Submit to God’s reality; not fit him to yours.  

James 2:14-26 - Faith Vs. Deeds   What does it take to get in:  

Romans - Confess with mouth, belive in heart Matthew

- Put God first; driven by a heart change James

- Faith with evidence Sermon on the Mount

- Is it good fruit or not?   Mark 9:38-41

- Things done in Jesus’ name are not wrong.

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April 5, 2009     (There will be a fews weeks off.  The next lesson will not be until May 3.)

Title:  Who’s counting these people?

 Why this passage?  Why raise questions?  Where will it stop?                                                     

- What is the problem with numbers?                            

- Could they be wrong because of mistakes in the oral tradition, or from the scribes?                              

- What if the numbers are correct?                             

- The way we look at numbers is a product of our culture - not the Hebrew way.                              

- Three ideas to remember when reading the Bible                               

- Language barriers influence meaning                               

- The intended audience of the writer                               

-The genre of the story                              

- Do you believe the story of Jonah?                              

- Naive skepticism - Where do you draw the line?

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March 29, 2009

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March 22, 2009

Exodus 9 - The mystery of the reappearing livestock

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