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About Coffee and Conversation Adult Sunday School (also called "Coffee and Conversation") meets every Sunday from September to May at 9:30am. We study a variety of topics (current issues, bible studies, and others) and sometimes use a DVD series or have a speaker. |
Current happenings in Coffee and Conversation
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How to Interpret the Bible The Bible can be overwhelming to read. In this six-week class, we will learn an easy method for interpreting the Bible. Each week we'll focus on a different kind of Biblical interpretation - literary, grammatical, historical, and many others. Join in-person or online. |
Previous studies and topics
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Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil’s children (John 8:44). In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation. |
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We don’t know why the Grinch hated Christmas. We just know he did. In this new Advent study, Matt Rawle explores the faith themes in the Christmas classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! including, how did the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes come Christmas morning? How did Christmas save the Grinch? Could it be that the very thing we think we hate is the one thing that changes our lives? This Advent and Christmas season, look at a familiar classic through the lens of faith and see how Christ speaks to us through our culture. |
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We recently concluded a four-week study on how we got the Bible led by Pastor Greway. Week 1: Origins of the Bible and the Old Testament Week 2: The Writing of the New Testament Week 3: Establishing the Canon Week 4: Translating the Bible Recordings of the four sessions will be available on this page soon. |
