After conducting two batches of Lenten Retreats, Sa Kabukiran is announcing its new seminar offering during the Easter Season: Jesus in the Four Gospels. This is a four-part bible seminar on the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The seminar on the four gospels will be conducted for four consecutive Saturdays starting April 26 then May 3, May 10 and lastly May 17. Each Saturday will be devoted to one evangelist at a time. The seminars begin from 8:00 am and end at 5:00 pm. Participants need to bring their own lunch baon. Registration will be at 350 pesos which include materials, certificate and merienda.
The study of the gospels is as important as ever in understanding our faith. In these gospels we find the Jesus of our faith - who he is and how he was known and believed by the early Christians. In each of the gospels we discover a different facet of Jesus. In these gospels we discover how each evangelist tried to present Jesus according to how the first disciples of Jesus knew him and how succeeding generations of Christians believed him to be.
The study of Jesus in these seminars will present some historical-critical aspects of each gospel. But more importantly, it will help the participants to journey with the Christian communities of the evangelists who wrote them and discover how these communities understood Jesus in their own contexts and life situations. At the end, participants will also reflect on their own particular life situations and contexts and discover how their knowledge and understanding of Jesus sheds light to these particular life situations and contexts. Hopefully, the seminar will allow participants to encounter the same Jesus through these gospels so that they too may write an account of who Jesus is for them.
For many of the early followers of Jesus, their relationship with Jesus acquired such a personal sense. In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, we sense this personal bond between Jesus and Paul when he writes: “ It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.” (Gal. 2: 20) But this personal bonding with the Savior also opened up an entirely new reality to the early followers of Jesus, the reality of living together and being together as one community. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul makes this clear when he says: “ All of you are Christ’s body and each one is a part of it.” ( 1Cor. 12: 27)
The study of Jesus in the four gospels allows us to discover this Jesus that we believe in faith, this Jesus who loves us so much and who has given up his life for our sake so that we may have life to its fullness. But the study of Jesus in the four gospels also allows us to discover his presence among us who believe in him, so that we may journey no longer on our own but with everyone else who believe in him in faith. May the Spirit of Jesus bring to you the desire to know more about Jesus. Happy Easter to everyone!
The study of the gospels is as important as ever in understanding our faith. In these gospels we find the Jesus of our faith - who he is and how he was known and believed by the early Christians. In each of the gospels we discover a different facet of Jesus. In these gospels we discover how each evangelist tried to present Jesus according to how the first disciples of Jesus knew him and how succeeding generations of Christians believed him to be.
The study of Jesus in these seminars will present some historical-critical aspects of each gospel. But more importantly, it will help the participants to journey with the Christian communities of the evangelists who wrote them and discover how these communities understood Jesus in their own contexts and life situations. At the end, participants will also reflect on their own particular life situations and contexts and discover how their knowledge and understanding of Jesus sheds light to these particular life situations and contexts. Hopefully, the seminar will allow participants to encounter the same Jesus through these gospels so that they too may write an account of who Jesus is for them.
For many of the early followers of Jesus, their relationship with Jesus acquired such a personal sense. In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, we sense this personal bond between Jesus and Paul when he writes: “ It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.” (Gal. 2: 20) But this personal bonding with the Savior also opened up an entirely new reality to the early followers of Jesus, the reality of living together and being together as one community. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul makes this clear when he says: “ All of you are Christ’s body and each one is a part of it.” ( 1Cor. 12: 27)
The study of Jesus in the four gospels allows us to discover this Jesus that we believe in faith, this Jesus who loves us so much and who has given up his life for our sake so that we may have life to its fullness. But the study of Jesus in the four gospels also allows us to discover his presence among us who believe in him, so that we may journey no longer on our own but with everyone else who believe in him in faith. May the Spirit of Jesus bring to you the desire to know more about Jesus. Happy Easter to everyone!
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