Beginning Sunday, January 25, First United Methodist Church of Wichita Falls will start the study, first light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God. This study features John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg on location in Galilee and Jerusalem as they help us better understand Jesus and the Kingdom of God. Questions this study will seek to answer include:
- Why did Jesus happen when he happened?
- Why the confluence of the Baptism movement of John and the Kingdom movement of Jesus?
- Why the tiny villages around the Lake?
- Why the confrontations in Jerusalem?
- Why were the titles of Caesar Augustus -- Divine, Son of God, God from God, Lord, Redeemer, Liberator, and Savior of the World -- taken from a Roman emperor on the Palatine hill and given to a Jewish peasant on the Palestine plain? Was it low lampoon or high treason?
- What were the priorities of Jesus' proclamation of the Kingdom?
If you desire to participate in this study, CLICK HERE or contact Rev. Troy Sims (tsims@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231). Whether you participate in the study or not, we hope you will participate in this blog!
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