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Jesus the Forgiving Victim Part 3: The difference Jesus makes
Welcome to Part 3,The difference Jesus makes, which consists of 10 modules. Here we will be invited to relax into being held onto by a trustworthy, non-violent God who is for us and not in any way in rivalry with us. We’ll see how God was able to show us his trustworthiness by stepping into the midst of our violence as our forgiving victim and we’ll begin to work out the effects of that on a human level.
| Module 1 | The Emergence of the Other other | |
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| “Faith” used in a religious context is often far removed from our everyday use of the word. We’ll be offered a human framework for understanding how faith in God is produced in us and begin to glimpse what the shape of that process looks like at a human level. | ||
| Unit 1 | Welcome to Part 3: The difference Jesus makes | |
| Unit 2 | 3.1 The emergence of the Other other: Exploring faith | |
| Unit 3 | 3.1 The emergence of the Other other: Listen and share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.1 The emergence of the Other other: Wrap-up | |
| Module 2 | The gift of faith | |
| In this module, we undergo a reversal in our thinking about faith, discovering that far from being something we must have or summon up ourselves, faith in God is something Jesus was making possible for us. The effort is all on Jesus side! | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.2 The gift of faith: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.2 The gift of faith: Telling more truthful stories | |
| Unit 3 | 3.2 The gift of faith: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.2 The gift of faith: Wrap-up | |
| Module 3 | Undergoing Atonement: Ancient Hebrews | |
| This is the first of three modules in which we examine Atonement, what is meant by saying that Christ died for our sins, through three imaginative exercises. In this module we will imagine ourselves at the ancient Hebrew rite of Atonement, because before atonement was a theory, it was a liturgy. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.3 Undergoing Atonement: Ancient Hebrews: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.3 Undergoing Atonement: Ancient Hebrews: Contemplating Atonement | |
| Unit 3 | 3.3 Undergoing Atonement: Ancient Hebrews: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.3 Undergoing Atonement: Ancient Hebrews: Wrap-up | |
| Module 4 | Undergoing Atonement: Gibeonites | |
| In our second imaginative exercise about Atonement, we will imagine ourselves as ancient Gibeonites in a delicate political situation. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.4 Undergoing Atonement: Gibeonites: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.4 Undergoing Atonement: Gibeonites: I deserve an apology! | |
| Unit 3 | 3.4 Undergoing Atonement: Gibeonites: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.4 Undergoing Atonement: Gibeonites: Wrap-up | |
| Module 5 | Undergoing Atonement: Venezuelans | |
| In our final imaginative exercise, we’ll be looking at Atonement as a personal movement towards us. We’ll see the role played in our identities and group cohesiveness by ganging up against someone. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.5 Undergoing Atonement: Venezuelans: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.5 Undergoing Atonement: Venezuelans: Schadenfreude | |
| Unit 3 | 3.5 Undergoing Atonement: Venezuelans: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.5 Undergoing Atonement: Venezuelans: Wrap-up | |
| Module 6 | Induction into a people | |
| In this module, we’ll see that Atonement and the birth of a new people are different sides of the same thing. By disrupting our old way of forming unity over against someone, Jesus effected a change at the anthropological level, launching a project called church. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.6 Induction into a people: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.6 Induction into a people: Walk down memory lane | |
| Unit 3 | 3.6 Induction into a people: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.6 Induction into a people: Wrap-up | |
| Module 7 | What might the new unity look like? | |
| In this module we hear about the day the Hebrew religion went universal. We find ourselves inside Peter’s discovery that there is no over-against in God. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.7 What might a new unity look like?: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.7 What might a new unity look like?: Tasty treats | |
| Unit 3 | 3.7 What might a new unity look like? Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.7 What might a new unity look like?: Wrap-up | |
| Module 8 | Some results of the anthropological earthquake | |
| In this session we work through the implications of Peter’s discovery that the repulsive other is part of the same thing as we are. The one foundation of the Church is a shamefully crucified victim | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.8 Some results of the anthropological earthquake: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.8 Some results of the anthropological earthquake: Heaven and hell | |
| Unit 3 | 3.8 Some results of the anthropological earthquake: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.8 Some results of the anthropological earthquake: Wrap-up | |
| Module 9 | Jesus interprets Scriptures | |
| A miracle is an extraordinary happening. It becomes a sign when the extraordinary happening becomes an act of communication. In this module we look at two miracle stories in which Jesus both heals and offers a sign that YHWH is working through him. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.9 Jesus interprets Scriptures: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.9 Jesus interprets Scriptures: Finding ourselves through Jesus | |
| Unit 3 | 3.9 Jesus interprets Scriptures: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.9 Jesus interprets Scriptures: Wrap-up | |
| Module 10 | Reading for mercy | |
| In this final module of Part Three, we encounter Jesus giving his contemporaries and us a reading lesson in how to interpret Scripture and our lives. | ||
| Unit 1 | 3.10 Reading for mercy: Receiving a new story | |
| Unit 2 | 3.10 Reading for mercy: The road with Jesus | |
| Unit 3 | 3.10 Reading for mercy: Listen and Share | |
| Unit 4 | 3.10 Reading for mercy: Wrap-up | |