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- Mark on Jacob prepares for his meeting with Esau – Held on Sunday, October 27, 2013
- Dick on Covenant between Jacob and Laban – Held on Sunday, October 13, 2013
- Mark on Covenant between Jacob and Laban – Held on Sunday, October 13, 2013
- Daniel Russo on Isaac, Abimelech, and Rebekah – Held on Sunday, March 10, 2013
- Daniel Russo on The Birth of Esau and Jacob – Held on Sunday, February 24, 2013
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Adult Scripture Study Group
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Gen. 16: 1 – 16 – The Birth of Ishmael Part 2- Held on Sunday, September 23, 2012
Gen. 16: 1 – 16 – The Birth of Ishmael – Part 2 A review of last week uncovered that the group took off on its own without uncovering much of the background by attempting to answer the questions which … Continue reading
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Gen. 16: 1 – 16 – The Birth of Ishmael – Held on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Gen. 16: 1 – 16 – The Birth of Ishmael We began with introductions, a few new members, and a few older ones who were not present. There were so many coincidences; we begin on the September 16th with the … Continue reading
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mk. 7: 31-37 – The Healing of a Deaf Man Background Again I am presenting the work of John Meier, A Marginal Jew, Vol. Two: Mentor, Messiah, and Miracle. The opening geography is Jesus passing through predominantly Gentile region with … Continue reading
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mk. 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Tradition of the Elders Background I have drawn this background material from the fourth volume of John P. Meier’s A Marginal Jew in which he devotes 55 pages to this one passage that reference 145 … Continue reading
Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jn. 6: 60 – 69 The Words of Eternal Life Background It seems clear that the setting of this passage has changed. The crowd has been replaced by the disciples, some of whom react as the crowd did. What might … Continue reading
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jn. 6: 51 – 58 The Bread of Life Discourse [Continuing] Background This passage concludes the church’s focus on the Bread of Life Discourse from John’s Gospel. We may notice that the passage begins by repeating the last verse from … Continue reading
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jn. 6: 41 – 51 The Bread of Life Discourse [Continuing] Background Fr. Ray Brown’s masterful Anchor Bible study of The Gospel According to John points out that there are two themes in the Bread of Life Discourse; one – … Continue reading
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jn. 6: 24 – 35 The Bread of Life Discourse Background As I mentioned last week, the church shifted our focus from Mark’s Gospel to John’s Gospel and it continues that Johannine focus through the end of August on the … Continue reading
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jn. 6: 1 – 15 Multiplication of the Loaves Background Whenever I review the literature on the Sunday passage, I am torn, on the one hand, to provide the overwhelming evidence of how the tradition developed over time, and what … Continue reading
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mk: 6:30 – 34. The Return of the Twelve & Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand Our Questions I’ve tweaked the first question to ask not only who are the characters in this passage but what is the … Continue reading
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