JCL: London – Curriculum Sept 2017 to July 2018

30 Sep 2017  1

This session sets up the way in which we will integrate material, highlighting the eyewitness credentials in all four gospels, and the testimony of the Early Church to the authors and their perspectives. We will give this perspective precedence over modern theories, so need to explore how modern research is bringing the traditional view back into consideration.

Building on the evidence presented in the first session we will fit the development of the Gospels into the story and history of Acts. This is a much earlier time frame than is often presented but it explains far more as we see the interplay of the Gospels with each other, with the rest of the New Testament, and with secular history.

25 Nov 2017   3

The birth narratives will be matched with the testimony of secular history. To create a very real and vivid adventure, played out at the crossroads of the ancient world.

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Demonstrating the story in the meta-narrative, noting the changes in style and practice as Jesus’ ministry grows, multiplies and explodes before its climax in Jerusalem. Each phase of ministry will be explored in more detail in the following sessions.

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A more detailed look at the Baptism, early training and exploratory start to Jesus’ ministry before John’s arrest. A period of 9 mths to a year (mid 29 AD to mid 30 AD).

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A more detailed look at the first phase and tours of Jesus’ Galilean based ministry before John the Baptist’s execution.

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Looking at the shape and content of Jesus early teaching, the Sermon on the Mount and on the Plain, the missions sermon, the Kingdom parables.

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Following controversy and John’s execution, Jesus’ ministry moves outside the town centres and the authority of Herod, but it remains in the north around Galilee.

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All four Gospels refer to Jesus’ deliberate decision to focus the last 9 months of his ministry in Judea rather than Galilee. Here he sends out 72.  Jesus is constantly on the move. 

Covering and harmonising Jesus’ last week before his trial and execution.

A detailed analysis of the phases of Jesus’ arrest, pre-trial discovery, trail before the Sanhedrin, Herod then Pilate, Sentencing.  

A complete harmony of events often considered too complicated to resolve.

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In this foundation session, we will introduce the online tool – the Heartlife indicator – we will illustrate its model from scripture and take time to match it to our own behaviours in practice and in ideal. Following this session participants will receive a link to take part in the Heartlife survey, reports will be used from session 3 onwards.  

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We will look at the interplay of our inner lives with our behaviour from the point of view of modern psychology and motivational hormones.

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We will look at the importance of the broad narrative that shapes our life and learn how to articulate and be grateful for it and the things that really make us tick.

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Love God, love others as you love yourself. We will look at the cycle and dimensions of love and identify the different stages of this fundamental choice and emotion.

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We will explore, with the help of the Holy Spirit, the self-deceptions we each fall into and look for personal revelation of our unique story in Christ.

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We will explore God’s unchanged plan for the Holy Spirit to produce Jesus’ life through ours. Looking at how the Spirit works with our spirits and psychology to produce, cover and develop things in us.

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We look at God’s original intentions in the flow of value, fruitfulness and authority and address their fallen counterparts in us and the culture we are salt and light in.

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A practical foundation to developing a generous heart and a generous eye. Where our treasure is our heart follows.

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Pulling the learning of the previous weeks together to build new life patterns..