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Culture and the Bible

  1. Lesson One
    Culture and Theology
    27 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Honor
    5 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Grace and Patronage
    7 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Purity
    11 Activities
    |
    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    Kinship
    12 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
    |
    1 Assessment
Lesson 5, Activity 1

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Do you tend to think that Jesus was out to break up families as he called for radical individual discipleship? Think about his call to leave “father and mother, brothers and sisters.” 

In this lesson we’re going to learn about a creative tension on this topic. It turns out Jesus was starting a new family. He transferred many of the same traditional assumptions about kinship loyalty to this new family. Let’s listen in on how this unfolded.