Class 09 - Living the Gospel - Luke 1-4

In this class, we begin St. Luke's Gospel, covering chapters 1 through 4.

Some of the topics include:
-Date of the Gospel
-St. Luke's mission to create an accurate, well-organized Gospel
-Zacharias & Elizabeth; the birth of John
-The Annunciation
-The birth of Christ
-Simeon & Anna in the temple
-That the Virgin Mary was humble & grew up in the temple
-Twelve year old Jesus & the scholars (Gnosticism is dumb, btw)
-John the Baptist, the call to repentance
-The temptation of Christ & our temptation
-The first attempt to kill Jesus at the proclamation of the Gospel

In this series, we focus on how we should live our lives according to the commandments of Christ found in the Gospels. While theology is important, we can't truly understand it until our hearts are purified. This purification comes by grace and praxis, that is, living the Christian life. With that in mind, we sometimes breeze over portions of chapters that are less about how to live and more about teaching theology. Praxis first; theology later.