Week 3: Greatness

>>One Great Person PowerPoint by Stephanie Gonzales

(click to watch)

>>One Great Person Video by Aubri Foster:

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Video of the servant-leader shepherd(ette) below;
what do we learn about Bible definition definition of "greatness," "leader," pastor"/"shepherd"?(leading from behind/among...see also Isaiah 30:21):

Devotional (: video on Matthew 18:


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Click links discussed in class:

+"Palm Sunday as Lamb Selection Day"

• Matthew 17:24-18:35
• “WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER”:LITERARY STRUCTURE AS A KEY TO MEANING IN MATT 17:22–20:19 by DAVID M c CLISTER
• Examining the Chiasm of Matthew 17-20

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Jesus foretells His death: Matthew 17:22-23

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A. Jesus speaks of giving freely/sacrificing self: Matthew 17:24-27

B. Little children are the essence of the kingdom: Matthew 18:1-7

C. Sacrifice the body for the sake of the kingdom: Matthew 18:8-9

D. Do not despise what God values: Matthew 18:10-14

E. Entreating a brother about sin or offense: Matthew 18:15-17

F.Agreement between Heaven and Earth: Matthew 18:18-20

E. Entreating a brother about sin or offense: Matthew 18:21-35

D. Do not despise what God values: Matthew 19:1-9

C. Sacrifice the body for the sake of the kingdom: Matthew 19:10-12

B. Little children are the essence of the kingdom: Matthew 19:13-15

A. Jesus speaks of giving freely/sacrificing self: Matthew 19:16-20:16

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Jesus foretells His death: Matthew 20:17-19

Week 2: Community Guidelines

Here are some additional resources connected to our discussions tonight:

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1)A small clip of the Ray Vander Laan video about Moses and Mt. Sinai, which gave us some

background to the Sermon on the Mount discussion of law, love, motivation and norms:

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2)On the "temple tantrum" passage:

-Temple Tantrum: Which Curtain?

-Ray Vander Laan

slideshow/teaching on the temple courts

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Week 1: Creation and Community/Intro to the "Three Worlds"

1)Here below is the first Ray Vander Laan video we watched in class ("In the Shadow of Herod") which really helped us grasp the"historical world" of Matthew 2:1:

Here at this click, you can watch Vander Laan's special Christmas episode, which is a variation of the episode above.

The other video we watched, "Wet Feet," about the "historical world" background of the Jordan River, is not online, but click here for a slideshow summary of it.

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2)As far as "literary world," here are some links to the literary devices we talked about:

• Chiasm and inclusio: an intro
• Chiasm led me to Christ
• Kingdom parables and the poor: Chiastic help

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3)Here are some helpful links on "set theory" and "bounded sets and centered sets":

• Is Church B.S. or C.S.?
• Centered Set Video
• Looking for a way in

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