Session 13: God's Plan to Renew the World
Preparation Resources
1) Primary text: Col 1:15-20
2) Extended text (optional): All four of the "prison epistles" (if you're feeling ambitious): Philemon, Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 11: Ephesus II
4) Tim Keller sermon: Jesus Our God (Colossians 1:15-20)
Discussion Topics
1) What does Prof. Wright say is the central thrust or concern of the letter to the Philippians, and in what are Paul’s appeals to unity and holiness grounded?
2) How is the letter to Philemon a good example of the central theological burden of Paul’s ministry?
3) Describe some of the theological and pastoral concerns of the letter to the Colossian believers.
4) Do the same with the letter to the Ephesians.
Session notes
1) Primary text: Col 1:15-20
2) Extended text (optional): All four of the "prison epistles" (if you're feeling ambitious): Philemon, Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 11: Ephesus II
4) Tim Keller sermon: Jesus Our God (Colossians 1:15-20)
Discussion Topics
1) What does Prof. Wright say is the central thrust or concern of the letter to the Philippians, and in what are Paul’s appeals to unity and holiness grounded?
2) How is the letter to Philemon a good example of the central theological burden of Paul’s ministry?
3) Describe some of the theological and pastoral concerns of the letter to the Colossian believers.
4) Do the same with the letter to the Ephesians.
Session notes