“You’re going to Hell! It says it right here in the Bible!” “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” Why does it seems that every church argument get “settled” by different groups walking away from each other confidently quoting the Bible in support of one or another side of an issue? Who gets to interpret the Bible?
This four-session class aims at helping participants fell more confident and comfortablereading, interpreting and discussing the Bible. We will offer solutions to some commonly asked questions about reading and interpreting the Bible: Who was Saint Paul and what did he actually say? What ways can we read and understand the Old Testament? Why do we care about bunch of writings that are between two and three thousand years old? How can I read the Bible without giving into the literalism of the hard-Right or the skepticism of the hard-Left?
Participants are encouraged to ask questions and add to the discussion by offering their own experience of reading, hearing, interpreting, discussing and even being “hit over the head with” the Holy Scriptures.
When: 10:00AM – 10:45 AM, Sundays, October 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2008
Where: Saint Mary’s Mission House, 2nd Floor, Large Classroom
Refreshments: Yes
