Category: Gospel
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Nov. 10 Gathering: Interpreting scripture
How we interpret scripture has been a major point of contention in the church ever since the Protestant Reformation. But long before that, the priests and teachers of the law in Jesus’ time had deep divisions over how their sacred texts were to be elucidated.
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Sept. 29 Gathering: The Shrewd Manager
Is Jesus saying that we should cheat and lie and befriend those who do likewise in order to gain favor? Or is something else going on at a deeper level?
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Sept. 15 Gathering: Open Forum
Do you have a question about faith, church, or the Bible that’s been gnawing at you? Do you have something you want to share with the New Wineskins community for further insight?
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Aug. 18 Gathering: “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…”
What is Jesus getting at in his parables about the kingdom of heaven? Who was he talking to and why? What does he even mean by “the kingdom of heaven?”
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Aug. 4 Gathering: The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (with guest host Kevin Malcomb!)
But as with all parables, there is a deeper story behind the story. And this week, our own Kevin Malcomb will lead our discussion into the layers below the surface!
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July 21 Gathering: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
As usual, Jesus is painting on a larger canvas. His teachings are far more rarely about individual morality than they are about society and culture. The whole rather than the one.
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June 2 Gathering: Active Nonviolence (or “War: What is it Good For?)
Despite our best efforts to strive for peace, we eventually resort to violence as a means to either get our way or defend ourselves.
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April 28 Gathering: Resurrection
What if resurrection is really not a miracle at all? What if resurrection was the most natural thing we could possibly believe in? What if it’s the most natural thing we could experience?
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April 14 Gathering: Holy Week (and free food!)
For centuries, communities of people who follow the ways of Jesus have marked the days of Holy Week in special ways.
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Feb. 17 Gathering: Time to go all “Old Testament”
It’s an enigma, wrapped in a mystery, buried in a quagmire: what on earth are we to make of the Hebrew scriptures, or, as we call them now, the Old Testament?