Schedule:

  Monday evenings at Christ Church of Grove Farm from 7 - 8:30pm.

  Class open and small groups available for married couples, men, women, teens and children of all ages.

  This is a 30 week study with a generous break for Christmas.

 

Our class is currently on summer break.  We will begin the study of the

Gospel of Luke on September 13, 2010.  We have small groups available for men, women, married couples, teens and children of all ages. 

Please preregister so that we can ensure we have sufficient materials for everyone.  To ask any questions or to preregister adults or teens contact:

Debbie Kim, Teaching Director, lvnlif@zoominternet.net;

Steve Dentel, Associate Teaching Director, sdentel@verizon.net; or

Kim Crowley, Coordinator at crowley4@consolidated.net.

To ask questions about the children's program or to preregister your child, please contact our Children's Director, Wendy Cibula, wendy@franklininn.net.

Have a blessed summer and we look forward to seeing you again in the fall for our exciting study of the Gospel of Luke!

A Gospel to the Gentile World

Th e Gospels written by Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called Synoptic Gospels, meaning they were written from a similar point of view, and they agree in the use of language and in the record of events in the life of Christ. The Gospel of John, written many years later when John was an old man, has a different perspective. The Gospel writers were not concerned with writing a biography of Jesus as we think of one today, by telling in chronological order all the incidents of His life. Instead, each one wrote with a special purpose and audience in mind. It would have been impossible to record everything Jesus did and said. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, each author selected those episodes that best suited the specific purpose of his Gospel account. Each of the Gospel writers contributed to the whole picture by presenting different characteristics of the Lord:

• Matthew portrays Jesus as the Messiah (the Christ). More Old Testament quotations appear in this Gospel than in the others.

• Mark introduces Jesus as the Servant of God. Mark’s account is brief and animated in its portrayal of the life of Jesus.

• John presents Jesus as the Son of God: “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). The divinity of Jesus runs as a theme throughout John’s Gospel.

• Luke’s Gospel, originally written for Gentile readers, introduces Jesus as the Son of Man who is the divine Savior of all people: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Luke 19:10). The ancient Greeks were looking for the perfect man. Luke introduces Jesus as the perfect Adam, tracing His genealogy (humanly speaking) all the way back to the beginning of creation (3:23-38). Written in a beautiful literary style, Luke’s Gospel displays the author’s artistry with words. He shows Jesus relating to people from every walk of life—the sick and the helpless, the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men, women, and children. Luke provides more details about Jesus’ earthly life than any of the other Gospels.

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