ST. URIEL'S LENTEN AND EASTER
STUDY SERIES

2009 Lenten Series

Parables of Jesus in Luke

For our Lenten Study this year, we will be doing a five week course on the parables of Jesus in Luke.  The course will consist of a 40 minute DVD teaching by Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey, followed by discussion.  

Dr. Bailey spent 40 years teaching New Testament and Research Institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus.  He also served as Canon Theologian of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

In January at three of the Adult Forums we looked at Dr. Bailey’s study of the Birth of Christ.  His teachings were met with great enthusiasm by those who attended.  The parables we will be covering will be two very familiar ones and two less familiar.

• March 3: The Good Samaritan

• March 10: The Prodigal Son [The Lost Younger Son]

• March 17: The Prodigal Son [The Lost Older Son]

• March 24: The Rich Fool

• March 31: Pilot and the Tower—The Barren Fig Tree

What makes these teachings unique from most other studies is that having spent over 40 years in the Middle East, Dr. Bailey looks at these teaching, not from our Western culture point of view, but that of a middle Eastern cultural view, which was the culture of Jesus’ time.

There are no materials to purchase and no homework assignments for this course.  Instead of giving up chocolate for Lent, why not add this course to your Lenten discipline.  This is a great course!  It will broaden those who wish to go deeper into the parables of Jesus while at the same time be basic enough for those who have never taken a biblical course.

Past Lenten Programs:

2009: The Parables of Jesus in Luke
         [A Middle Eastern View]
         Dr. Kenneth Bailey 

2008: Jesus' Resurrection: Then and Now
A Teaching by Bishop NT Wright

2007: A Life Worth Living - A nine-week Bible Study Based on St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians

2006: 40 Days of Purpose based on
the best seliing book, The Purpose Driven Life

2005: The Eucharist in the Light of
the Jewish Temple Worship