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Life, Ministry and Identity of Jesus
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Lesson OneNativity and Early Years (Matthew 1–2, Luke 1–2)18 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matthew 1–2, Luke 1–2
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In | Hyperlinking Between the Testaments
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In | Onsite: Jesus Gives New Torah - The Mount of Beatitudes
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In | Intertestamental Echoes
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In | Introduction to the Synoptic Problem
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In | Inner-biblical Parallels
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Behind | Bethlehem and Shepherds
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Behind | Onsite: From Ruth to David to Jesus - In Bethlehem's Shepherds' Fields
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Behind | Royal Ambitions: Anxieties in Rome and Jerusalem
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Behind | Workbook: Caesar Augustus and Jesus Christ
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Behind | Workbook: The Nativity in Context
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Behind | Herod
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In Front | Workbook: Is There Precedent for the Incarnation in the Old Testament?
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In Front | King of Kings and Lord of Lords
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In Front | Christianity Today: Magi, Wise Men, or Kings?
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In Front | Christianity Today: The Face of Christmas Past
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoBaptism and the Desert (Matthew 3–4, Mark 1:1–13, Luke 3–4:13)18 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Matthew 3–4, Mark 1:1–13, Luke 3–4:13
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In | Intro to John the Baptist
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In | Temptations
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In | Workbook: Parallels Between Jesus’ Temptations, the Garden of Eden, and Moral Instruction in John 1
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In | Answers: Parallels Between Jesus’ Temptations, the Garden of Eden, and Moral Instruction in John 1
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In | Workbook: Parallel Beginnings of John and Jesus
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Behind | Ritual Immersion
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Behind | Baptism
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Behind | Onsite: Purification and Rebirth - Baptism at the Jordan River
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Behind | The Desert
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Behind | Onsite: The Mount of Temptation - Reliving Israel's Spiritual Journey
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In Front | Christian Baptism
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In Front | Reflections on Monastic Life at St. Macarius Monastary, Egypt: Abuna Bertie
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In Front | Christianity Today: Water Works: Why Baptism is Essential
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In Front | Workbook: Baptism Today
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In Front | Workbook: Methods of Baptism
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeThe Ministry of Jesus (Mark 1:21–2:12, Luke 4:14–6:49)17 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Mark 1:21–2:12, Luke 4:14–6:49
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In | Workbook: Sayings of Jesus
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In | Jesus' Ministry: What Did He Do?
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In | Literary Structures
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In | Chiasm: Jesus Reads Isaiah
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In | Bible Project: Public Reading of Scripture
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Behind | Galilee (Nazareth, Capernaum)
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Behind | Onsite: Capernaum - The Second Home of Jesus
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Behind | Onsite: Hellenism and Jewish Piety in the North - View from Sepphoris
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Behind | Urban and Rural Life in Galilee: Dr. Eric Meyers
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Behind | Samaria and Judea
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Behind | Ministering to the Marginalized
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In Front | Legitimate Objects of God's Mercy
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In Front | Workbook: How Has Jesus Ministered to You and Those You Know?
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In Front | Legitimate Witnesses to God's Glory
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FourThe Miracles of Jesus (Mark 5–6, John 2, 20)14 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Mark 5–6, John 2, 20
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In | Jesus' Authority
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In | Compassion
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In | Meaning: "Signs"
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In | Workbook: Jesus’ Authority in Miracles
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In | Workbook: Parabolic Miracles
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In | Workbook: Two Parallel Healings in Mark
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Behind | Miracles or Signs and Wonders
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Behind | Onsite: Sight and Blindness - Jesus at the Pool of Siloam
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In Front | Miracles vs. Magic
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In Front | Workbook: What Kind of Sign Would Convince You?
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In Front | Christianity Today: A New Age of Miracles
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FiveThe Identity of Jesus18 Activities
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Getting Started
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In | Son and Prophet
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In | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises and Foreshadow
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In | Jesus and Israel
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Behind | Messianic Claimants in the Time of Jesus
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Behind | Workbook: Messianic Claimants in the Time of Jesus
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In Front | Christology and Why It Matters
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In Front | Christianity Today: Why Jesus' Skin Color Matters
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In Front | Early Mistakes About the Identity of Jesus
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In Front | Workbook: Early Mistakes About the Identity of Jesus
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection: When Your Savior is YHWH
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In Front | The Quests for the Historical Jesus
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In Front | Christianity Today: The Jesus We’ll Never Know
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In Front | Christianity Today: Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, We Need History
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In Front | Christianity Today: Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, Jesus Studies Matter
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In Front | Christianity Today: Abandon Studying the Historical Jesus? No, We Need Context
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In Front | Workbook: The Quests for the Historical Jesus
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Lesson 2, Activity 16
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In Front | Workbook: Baptism Today
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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
The vast majority of Christian traditions perform baptisms, but the way these traditions baptize their members varies. The chart below details baptismal practices in different traditions with biblical passages used in support.
Of course these are not the only Christian traditions that baptize, but these four provide a good sample of the variety of baptisms and the ideas behind them. Each tradition’s approach to baptism will vary in a number of respects, and the verses provided have different emphases that are used to support the four different views.
Having seen the way the Bible is used to support different views of baptism, choose one of the four above and briefly explain the way the Bible is used to promote this view of baptism.
- How do the passages provided inform the meaning of baptism for this tradition?
- Which of these four views resonates the most with your own understanding of baptism and why?