Beginning in the first Sunday of September, the adult Sunday School will focus on specific questions that some have had about the Christian faith or parts of Lutheranism that may seem weird. These lessons will be from questions that some have asked, and will ask (we’ll get to the “will ask” part in a moment).
We’ll start off with questions that I’ve already received. For example, here’s a sampling of some questions I’ve already received:
- Does the passage in Revelation 3:20 (“I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my [Jesus’] voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with me.”) apply to non-Christians, Christians, or both?
- Our Lutheran Confessions say that we pray for those who have died in the faith (Apology XXIV, paragraph 96). Why should we do that? They’re in heaven.
- Is there a conflict between Jesus living in my heart and Jesus coming to me in Word and Sacrament?
- Scripture says to make a joyful noise to the Lord (Psalm 100:1). Why does it seem that some of our Lutheran hymns are more like doctrinal treatises instead of “joyful noises”?
- If a Christian is in heaven when he dies, why does the New Testament mainly point us to the resurrection of the body, the Last Day, as the hope that we have, not our souls being in heaven?
Those are just a few of the topics for starters.
Here’s where you come in. First, attend, for the class is designed to delve into questions you may have for which that you haven’t heard satisfactory answers. Second, give me, the pastor, your questions. For if you don’t do that, how can we look into any particular questions that you may have. I’ll take the questions that I do have and take new questions and combine them into meaningful lessons. But they’ll only be meaningful if you join in and attend!
These will be a series of lessons based on your contributions and questions. Can you have a more tailor-made Sunday School than that?
