By: rameumptom

rameumptom — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:27:33 +0000

It is interesting to consider that Mark, who was not present and would not write this down for decades afterwards, would note in the story Jesus’ emotions. Mark’s focus, as I see it, is to show the Romans that Jesus was a powerful god, who could perform miracles, and thus is worthy of worship. Other gods would not only be angry, but would have smitten the unbelievers, perhaps. Is this to show his great control on his emotions? Was anger the initial emotion, and then as he realized they were unprepared for the right answer, he grieved over their disbelief?
I agree that we need to teach our members how to really ponder the scriptures, and not just skim the surface. I was watching Jeff Foxworthy’s Great Bible Challenge the other day, and was amazed at how many questions were missed by those who proclaim a closeness to Jesus. Sadder is that we may know some facts and stories in the Bible, but not realize their true meaning.
Is it lawful for us to do good on the Sabbath? Have we set up a bunch of rules on what we cannot do, neglecting to establish rules of what we can and should do? Would Jesus be angry at us, because we’ve made rules to not shop or go to the movies on Sunday, but we do nothing of value with our time, either.

By: jader3rd

jader3rd — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:26:38 +0000

Given that my Gospel Doctrine class right now tends to be announcing the NT chapters covered by the lesson, reading a few versus from the BoM (even though we’re in NT), and having the teacher share personal experiences the rest of the time, I’d be happy for going deep into some NT versus. So long as it’s different than what happened than the last time I was ‘taught’ that lesson.

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