No Discussion on May 1st
We're taking a week off for the Bank Holiday this Monday. Discussions will resume the following Monday.
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Discussion for 25th April
Bible Discussion Group for Monday 25th April 2022 6.30 pm - led by Rob Oulton ‘ Have you (ever) been born again?’ This evening’s Bible passage is John, Chapter 3, v. 1-21 which describes the Pharisee Nicodemus’ visit to Jesus by night. Jesus tells him that to see the Kingdom of God, a person must be ‘born again’ or perhaps ‘born from above’. With its connotations of emotional ‘Billy Graham’ type conversion experiences, ‘Being Born Again’ can see Unitarians running for the hills. But this passage addresses the deep mystery of how we change - our ideas, our minds, our spirituality, our beliefs. What can we find in this passage that speaks to our own spiritual and psychological journeys? How does it help us understand more deeply the significance and cost of being ‘re-born’? Can we be re-born as Unitarians? Other helpful passages could be 1 Corinthians ch. 2 on life in the Spirit, or 1 Peter ch.1 v 22/23, (the only other passage that uses specifically the idea of being ‘re-born...
No discussion on Easter Monday
We're taking a week off for Easter Monday. The next discussion will be on Monday 18th April and will be led by Rob Houlton,
Discussion for April 11th
We're going to keep to the Holy Week theme for next Monday's Bible discussion group, that's Monday 11th April, 6.30 pm as usual. The session will be led by Jim Corrigall , and the text is from Mark's gospel: Mark 11: 12 - 19. After Jesus' procession into Jerusalem on Sunday (Palm Sunday), Mark records in this passage that on the following day, on Monday, Jesus returns to Jerusalem with his disciples, and on the way he sees a fig tree, which he curses. Jesus then goes into Jerusalem and into the Temple, where he overturns the tables of the moneylenders, shouting that the Temple has been turned into a 'den of robbers.' So what's going on in this passage? Why is Jesus behaving like this? Is the cursing of the fig tree linked to Jesus' actions in the Temple? And how does this influence the course of events through Holy Week? Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82378042367... Meeting ID: 823 7804 2367 Passcode: 460019