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    Email Jesus: Course 5: The Disturbing Sayings of Jesus
    Email Jesus: Course 5: The Disturbing Sayings of Jesus
    Email Jesus: Course 5: The Disturbing Sayings of Jesus
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    Email Jesus: Course 5: The Disturbing Sayings of Jesus

    By Richard Davidson

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    Email Jesus is a forty-day Bible study for use at Lent or at any other desired time of the year. Its uniqueness lies in its delivery of daily reflections on Bible passages and exchanges of comments on those reflections by email, allowing participation from anywhere in the world. This format also allows complete time and location flexibility while one is participating in the course. Each morning of the course, every participant receives a daily lesson reflection and has the opportunity to email back his or her comments on it. Participants are encouraged to respond with personal viewpoints on each passage rather than academic theology. This volume is Course 5. It covers Bible passages where Jesus said things that are out of line with the expectations of polite society and disturbing when you examine them closely. Jesus had serious teachings to deliver, and he knew that his messages were rocking the boat for the religious and secular establishments of his day. This course will give you a chance to check the compatibility of some of these sayings with your own modern sensitivities.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Davidson
    Release dateDec 16, 2011
    ISBN9781465727374
    Email Jesus: Course 5: The Disturbing Sayings of Jesus

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      Email Jesus - Richard Davidson

      CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

      In preparation for the Lenten season of 2006, several members of Northbrook United Methodist Church in Northbrook, Illinois, U.S.A. discussed the use of forty daily study topics with the exchange of information among course participants by e-mail. The advantages of this type of Lenten Study would include informality and schedule flexibility due to one’s being able to participate from either home or office. An additional advantage would be the ability to include course participants who were not members or associates of the church that originated the study. This approach was implemented with great success, with participants from many states in the U.S.A. plus Canada and England.

      To date, six years of the Lenten Study have been completed. It is planned to be an ongoing experience. I am publishing these materials because many churches have requested guideline information for organizing their own similar studies. Each year’s curriculum will be issued as a separate volume so that churches wishing to use these materials may select the subjects they wish to cover in any sequence. Note that while the original application of this intense form of Bible study was an annual Lenten format, it can be used as an all-year curriculum with multiple course segments. Watch for additional course volumes in the future.

      CHAPTER 2 - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      The Editor thanks the several Pastors at Northbrook United Methodist Church in Northbrook, Illinois who have supported this effort by the laity and the many people who have participated in it. The first course was conceived and developed by Lou Quinlan and Dan Lloyd. Subsequent courses were developed by Dick Davidson. As you will note from the course instructions that follow this section, the day-by-day logistics of the course are handled by a Course Administrator. At Northbrook United Methodist Church the burden of that position fell to Michael Gail for the first two years and to Karen Wells thereafter. The selection of a dependable and resourceful Course Administrator is the key to successful implementation of the course.

      CHAPTER 3 - COURSE PREPARATION

      Preparation for this course begins long before the start of Lent (or of the nominal start date for the course if it is used at an alternate time of the year).

      Approximately two months before the nominal start date, the Course

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