Tag: thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Mark 5 1-13, 18-20

  

  What ARE the main themes for us in the story told in Mark 5:1-20? …

  HAT

  March 22, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, discipleship, liberation, Mark 5:1-13, Mark 5:1-20, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on John 4 (7-15, 28-30, 39-41)

  

  Why does Jesus launch into a long, theological conversation with this woman? …

  HAT

  March 15, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  evangelism, John 4, John 4:1-42, John 4:28-30, John 4:39-41, John 4:7-15, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Matthew 18 1-9

  

  What do we think it means, really, to “become like a little child”?

  HAT

  March 8, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Christian ideas and practices, Jesus, Matthew 18:1-9, meaning, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Luke 15 11-24

  

  Does the younger son strike us as repentant? Does that matter to us?

  HAT

  March 1, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, images of God, Luke 15:11-24, reading the Bible, theology, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on 1 Peter 2 1-10

  

  What do we think it means, concretely, to be a “spiritual house,” or a “holy, royal priesthood”?

  HAT

  February 22, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, Christian identity, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on James 2 1-12

  

  What exactly is James telling us to do … ?

  HAT

  February 15, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Christian ethics, Christian ideas and practices, James 2:1-12, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on 2 Timothy 1 3-14

  

  How do these remarks addressed to Timothy seem to speak to us? …

  HAT

  February 8, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  2 Timothy 1:3-14, Bible study, Christianity, exegesis, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on 1 Corinthians 1 18-31

  

  What difference does it make how we think about things? …

  HAT

  February 1, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Bible study, Christian ideas and practices, personal responsibility, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Joel 2 21-27

  

  How does this text from Joel support, or challenge, our ides about God? …

  HAT

  January 25, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, God, Joel 2:21-27, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Isaiah 58 6-14

  

  Does Isaiah 58 seem like a “political” text to us? What makes it seem that way? …

  HAT

  January 18, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Isaiah, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58:6-14, politics and religion, reading the Bible, social justice, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Isaiah 48 3-8, 17

  

  Questions for discussion – like, God’s teaching methods in this prophetic account? …

  HAT

  January 11, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible, God, Isaiah 48:3-8, Isaiah 48::17, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Isaiah 43 1-4, 10-12

  

  Isaiah 43 is direct speech by God. What does God seem to want people to know here? …

  HAT

  January 4, 2023

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, God, Isaiah 43, Isaiah 43:1-4, Isaiah 43:10-12, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on 2 Chronicles 7 12-22

  

  How easy is it for us to embrace the picture of God presented in 2 Chronicles 7:12-22? …

  HAT

  December 28, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  2 Chronicles 7:12-22, Bible study, exegesis, God, reading the Bible, theology, thinking about the Bible

• Reflecting on Luke 1 46-55

  

  questions for reflection and discussion

  HAT

  December 20, 2022

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Luke 1:46-55, Magnificat, meaning, reading the Bible, thinking about the Bible