During the season of Lent, the 40 day period leading up to Easter Sunday, "The Big Read" led by New Testament scholar, Dr. Tom Wright offers several videos to walk us through the Gospel of Matthew. These videos are under five minutes in length and offer very solid biblical scholarship to help us understand Matthew's particular understanding of who Jesus is.
As a resource during this season of Lent, I invite us to take just five minutes out of our schedules to watch the video and allow this to be a vital resource during our Lenten journey. The reason the focus of these videos is on Matthew's gospel is because Matthew is the primary gospel used in worship for this liturgical year.
I invite comments, thoughts, discussions, questions throughout this lenten cyber study. A link to these videos will also be posted each week on the facebook page of First United Methodist Church, Lancaster, Ohio.
(Nee'-kos) Biblical Greek Word for "Victory"
Dr Wright has hit the nail on the head in this video. Things may not be what we like, but these things are happening according to the prophecies. We need to learn how to read the promises of God. Christ's kingdom will be coming. He is the true King.
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