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Cultural World of the New Testament

  1. Lesson One
    Honor and Shame in the Greco-Roman World
    8 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Honor and Shame in 1 Peter
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Patronage and Reciprocity in the Greco-Roman World
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Patronage and Reciprocity in Hebrews
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Kinship and the Household in the Greco-Roman World
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    Kinship and the Household in 1 Peter
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Purity and Pollution in the Greco-Roman World
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    Purity and Pollution in Hebrews
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    2 Activities

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Spend some time carefully reading the Scripture passage below, utilizing the simple three-step method of Receive, Reflect, and Respond. Download the Course Workbook (PDF) to your device to complete these activities digitally. You may also choose to write your responses in your own journal.

This activity supports learning objectives 1 and 2.

Read Luke 13:10–17 slowly. Then read it again.

Receive | Retell in your own words what is happening in this text.
What is being described? Who are the characters and what are they saying or doing? Does the text tell us why they are doing or saying these things?

Read the passage again.

Reflect | Consider the first-century cultural concepts represented in this text.
What aspects of first-century culture do you observe? What can you conclude about the original audience’s understanding of who God is and how they should relate to Him? 

Read the passage one last time.

Respond | Connect this text to your own experience.
What can you learn about your own identity or relationship to God? How might this text change the way you relate to God or other people?