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Sundays, February 8th - March 8th - From Abraham’s Journey to Mary’s Magnificat - Taught by John Harvey

Sometime after 2000 B.C, one man who lived in the city of Ur in the southern part of what is now Iraq did a remarkable thing. He listened to what God told him to do, and he did it. To the best of our knowledge, very little in society at that time would have prepared him for this idea. Furthermore, it was not a trivial task that he was given – after one journey of 600 miles, another of 400. With a retinue of men, women, children, and goats, they weren’t easy trips.

Yet, in the hands of God, the legacy of this one choice was enormous. Blessing, covenant, monotheism, kingdom, creator, omnipotence, glory, holiness, loving kindness, psalms, covenant, salvation, prophet, spirit, servant, triumph, Messiah, Savior, Lion, love, forgiveness, grace, sacrifice, faith, empowerment, church, hope, resurrection.

We are going to look at the development of Old Testament thought in five classes this spring, to see how the “simple” faith of Abraham morphed into Mary’s Magnificat – one of the most beautiful late Jewish expressions of faith.

Some of our Christian Formation teachers have shared their class notes for past classes here.