The Difficult Words of Jesus (starts August 17)

Jesus provided his disciples words of instruction, comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke difficult words.

 

He told them 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).

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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.

 

Our new class starts Aug. 17.