The Gospel According to Luke

A Revolution of Feasts and Healing

Created by: N.T. Wright
Professor

Created by: David P. Seemuth
Professor

Created by: Jennifer Loop
Teaching Assistant

What Will I Learn?

• Examine the narrative strategies employed to present the Gospel of Luke as a work of history.
• Discover Jesus’s redefinition of Israel’s long-awaited Messiah.
• Discern Jesus’s word of warning to listeners in his time and in ours.
• Probe what the way of peace entails.
• Witness the minds and interactions of various characters in Luke’s account of Jesus’s ministry.
• Identify ethical guidelines for living as a Kingdom of God person.
• Interpret the messages of the parables and how they fit into Jesus’s journey to Jerusalem.
• Discern your own role and calling as a disciple of Jesus.

Requirements

• A modern translation of the Gospel of Luke will be useful. Select passages are made available in Prof. Wright’s Kingdom New Testament translation.

Target audience

• Students interested in the unique contributions of the Gospel accounts.
• Believers who want to be encouraged by the life of Jesus.
• Pastors preparing sermon series or group studies of Luke.
• Teachers committed to encouraging discipleship.
• Curious minds investigating the life of Jesus for the first time.