Hello everyone,

I hope this note finds you well. Last week we finished up our series on the Clobber Texts, and the students decided they wanted to continue meeting on Monday nights to keep exploring scripture. They came up with a ton of questions that we will tackle in upcoming weeks, such as:

– How did the American Church get Christianity so wrong?

– What does the Bible say about disabilities and healing with prayer? How do we reconcile that with modern medicine?

– What were Luther’s 99 Treatises all about, and how has that shaped modern Christianity?

– What is the basic timeline of Biblical HIstory?

– Beauty and the wisdom literature in the Bible that talks about nature

– Why is King David so revered when he behaved so badly?

– Are there other entities and stories in the Bible that are not really what we have been told?

– Creationism vs. Evolution

– What are the canons and how did they get to be the way they are? Will there ever be a third cannon?

– What are the ancient, sacred covenants? What is a covenant, anyway?

– Are there parts of the Bible that are missing? Who chose what went into the BIble as it is, and how did they choose?

– Why do we have so many denominations, and how did they all get created?

– How do we reconcile “church law” with “state law?”

– How do we reconcile “pure doctrine” with “realistic daily practice”?

Do you have questions or passages that you would like to explore in an upcoming class? I’d love to hear from you. You can email me back at this address, or call or text me any time at 323-793-9059.

You can use the same Zoom link that you have used thus far, and you should already have received an email from Zoom with the link and all the dates for the upcoming classes.

Do you have a friend that would be interested in any of these? They can register here.

I’ll always look forward to hearing from you.

Many blessings,

Rev. Tracy Kariya