In the next two sessions we’ll look at further dimensions of finding ourselves on the inside of a big anthropological shift, by looking at the sort of shift Jesus himself produced among his listeners as he brought out the fuller meaning of Old Testament texts.
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In the next two sessions we’ll look at further dimensions of finding ourselves on the inside of a big anthropological shift, by looking at the sort of shift Jesus himself produced among his listeners as he brought out the fuller meaning of Old Testament texts.
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In the final video of the course, we reach some conclusions about living according to mercy, the resurrection as an impetus for moral life, and that being inducted into the Christian faith is about being drawn in, by an initiative not our own, into becoming aware of what has been done for us.
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James examines the story of The Good Samaritan.
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Evolution
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In this session, we discover how I AM is bringing us into a new family, all of the same generation, as elective brothers and sisters.
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Remembering Ourselves

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In this session the focus is on some narrative ways in which the New Testament brings out how we are being involved by the God as valued insiders in adventure of Creation.
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This session focuses on the new understanding of sin and forgiveness made possible by what Jesus did, and is doing, in our midst.
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Just draw! 
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In this session we are invited to imagine something of the freedom and joy that accompanies life within the new reality that is breaking in through the portal called Church.
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James is using a series of images to demonstrate that Church life involves undergoing a huge shift in perspective. Sometimes travel to a foreign country can give us an entirely new perspective on our culture. And sometimes having a foreign guest in our house can allow us to see ourselves through their eyes.
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In the next few sessions, James is going to offer us a few images of Church not as something we can grasp onto, but as a sign of our being held onto and drawn into more healthy and productive patterns of life. One image he is going to use is that of a Really Classy Restaurant. Restaurant experiences can be either good or bad, of course.
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This session includes a line by line reading of the Our Father.
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Our Father
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Welcome to Part Four, Unexpected insiders. At this point in our journey we are discovering new dimensions of how we are insiders within a great shift.
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Remembering desire
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When Jesus tells the Pharisees “Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice’”, he is giving a reading lesson: “Go and sit under this word, and allow it to become the interpretative key to your approach to your fellow human beings.”
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In this session we discuss the implications of Peter’s discovery that he is to call no one unclean, that for God there are no outsiders.
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Heaven and hell
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In this session we hear about Peter’s vision in which God insists he eat unclean things. As Peter lives with the consequences of this vision, he discovers that for God, no one is considered unclean.
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In this session we will see how Atonement and the birth of a new people are two sides of the same thing.
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Walk down memory lane
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In this module we are going to see how we often need someone to be bad to know we are good.
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Schadenfreude
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As part of our imaginative exercise about Atonement, in this session we are going to imagine ourselves in a difficult political situation. We’ll be part of a small tribe that feels they have been wronged by King David.
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In the next three modules we will be directly examining what is known as Atonement. In this module, we will discuss the different ideas and experiences of Atonement the participants bring with them.
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One of the consequences of receiving the gift of faith is a highly increased awareness of our not being truth-tellers and at the same time learning to be relaxed about it.
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