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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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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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Grab your Workbook Journal!
[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
Jesus’ miracles always had a beneficial effect on the people he cured. He healed disease and disability and even raised the dead. But Jesus was also teaching with his miracles and a number of them were object lessons that proved a point or clarified an aspect of his ministry to all those who were witnesses. Miracles of this type have been called “parabolic miracles.”
- Carefully read the three passages below. Each of these makes a point about who Jesus is. For each passage complete the sentence: “Jesus is …”
| Passage | The Miracle | Jesus is … |
| John 6:1-15, 35-39 | Feeding of the 5,000 | |
| Mark 6:45-51 | Jesus walks on water | |
| Luke 7:11-17; 1 Kings 17:17-24 | Jesus raises a widow’s son |
Source: Craig Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey, 1997, p. 269.
As you reflect on Jesus’ Parabolic Miracles, record responses to the questions below:
- Why might Jesus have provided such vivid object lessons for his teaching? What advantages would these scenes have over sermons?