There is Another King: JesusA Literary & Pastoral Study Guide to Luke's Gospel & Acts |
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There is Another King: JesusA Literary & Pastoral Study Guide to Luke's Gospel & Acts |
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Reflection1. Race Relations, Materialism, and Other Troubling Issues: The Cost of Marginalizing Luke & the Relevance of His Writings Part One: Small Group Leader's Guide to a Sequential Approach to Luke - Acts1. The Son Who Turns Everything Around (Lk.1:1 – 3:20): Preparing to Engage Jesus 2. The Prophet Who Brings Life Out of Death (Lk.3:21 – 9:50): Jesus Heals the Corruption in Human Nature 3. The Heir Who Redefines His Kingdom (Lk.9:51 – 19:44): Jesus Unveils His Kingdom Mission
4. The Lord Who Turns a City Upside-Down (Lk.19:45 – 21:38): Jesus Confronts the Occupying Powers
5. The Man Who Changes World History (Lk.22 – 24): Paradise Regained
6. The King Who Liberates the Captives (Acts 1 - 12): Jesus Proclaimed in Judea and Samaria 7. The Jew Who Really Does Rule the World (Acts 13 - 28): Jesus Proclaimed in the Roman Empire
Part Two: A Small Group Leader's Guide to a Thematic Approach to Luke - Acts1. Hearing and Speaking: Becoming Servants of the Word a. Internalizing Jesus’ Word: Forming a Spiritual Identity b. The Holy Spirit and Speech: Having Something to Say (ppt) c. The Fulfillment of Israel’s Scriptures: Telling the Great Story d. The Question of Tongues: Struggling for Coherence 2. Race, Gender, and the Rich and Poor: Reaching All Humanity a. Table Fellowship: Eating Together and Enacting Jesus’ Kingdom
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and Abraham’s c. Samaritans: Finding a Home for the Marginalized d. Gentiles: Embracing the Outsider Community e. Women: Women Restored, Women Restoring f. The Poor: More Than Just Preaching to Them 3. Calling for Repentance: Dividing All Humanity a. From Ethnocentrism: Weathering Oppression Without Becoming Ethnocentric b. From Materialism: Gaining What is Truly Valuable c. From Traditional Family Values: Making a New Allegiance to a New Family d. From Blind Spots: Having True Spiritual Sight e. Purified by Fire from Fire: Divine Fire and Its True Meaning 4. Confronting the Powers: Speaking Truth to Power a. Jesus is Our True King: Confronting Political Powers b. Satan and Spiritual Warfare: Confronting Spiritual Powers c. Despite Persecution and Conflict: Enduring Hardship and the Spread of the Word d. From Jerusalem Outward: Remembering We Are Not the Center
Part Three: Messages from Luke - Acts
Part Four: A Literary-Pastoral Commentary on Luke - Acts1. The Son Who Turns Everything Around (Lk.1:1 – 3:20): Preparing to Engage Jesus 2. The Prophet Who Brings Life Out of Death (Lk.3:21 – 9:50): Jesus Transforms Our Identity 3. The Heir Who Redefines His Kingdom (Lk.9:51 – 19:44): Jesus Unveils His Kingdom Mission 4. The Lord Who Turns a City Upside-Down (Lk.19:45 – 21:38): Jesus Confronts the Occupying Powers 5. The Man Who Changes Humanity (Lk.22 – 24): Paradise Regained 6. The King Who Liberates the Captives (Acts 1 - 12): Jesus Proclaimed in Judea and Samaria 7. The Jew Who Really Does Rule the World (Acts 13 - 28): Jesus Proclaimed in the Roman Empire
Part Five: Luke’s Literary Techniques1. The Art of Biblical Narrative: Special Focus on Luke-Acts 2. Jesus Restores Us to Paradise: Chiastic Outline of Luke 22 - 24 3. An Experiment in Literary Analysis: Paul's Testimony Told Three Times 4. An Analysis of Water Baptism: Why Water Baptism is Not Necessary for Salvation
Part Six: Luke’s Engagement with the Hebrew Scriptures1. Luke’s Literary Engagement with the Old Testament: Intertextuality and Lukan Scholarship 2. Luke’s Theme of Wealth: Intertextuality and Christian Ethics 3. An Exegesis of Luke 16: Literary Analysis and Traditional Exegesis 4. The Prophecy of Isaiah in Luke - Acts
Helpful books and articles * Gary Burge, Reading Luke Through Latin-American Eyes (Christianity Today, Apr 16, 2015) an interview with Dr. Justo Gonzalez * Kezia, Alternative Nativity (blog, Dec 21, 2015) juxtaposing Gospel birth passages with photographs of Syrian refugees
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