The Final Days: A Lenten Journey through the Gospels

Each Sunday, March 9 - April 13, 10:45 am in the Reception Room

Facilitated by Bruce Dalgaard

Each session is free-standing, come to one or all.  Books may be purchased at Content Book Store or online (Cokesbury, Amazon)

The four New Testament Gospels aren’t the same story, but they offer the same Resurrection hope.  Matthew, Mark, Luke and John devote most of their story detailing Jesus’ last week in Jerusalem, all highlighting Jesus’ triumphant entry into the city, the suffering and humiliation of the cross, and the empty tomb come Sunday morning, but the stories they tell aren’t quite the same.

Each gospel offers a different lens through which we understand Jesus’ Passion.  One portrait reveals Jesus to be in control, while another emphasizes his suffering.  In one story Jesus offers hope to the thief on the cross, and in another Jesus only receives derision.  These different perspectives aren’t a reason to dismiss the Gospels; rather they reveal an abundant, diverse and complementary picture of God’s work in the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus.