Over the past two weeks you read excerpts from The Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In these passages you saw how these two authors described the life, death, and impact of Jesus for his followers. For your discussion board this week, I would like you to think about how these two “interpreters of Jesus” have attempted to explain the meaning of Jesus to their readers.
Additionally, you read about some early groups focused on Jesus who had very different beliefs about Jesus than what became orthodox Christianity. Then this week you read about the different ways that Christians and Christian churches have viewed and used the Bible in their organizations and personal devotion.
Please answer the following questions for your Reading Discussion Board this week:
1. What is at least one difference and at least one similarity between the way that Matthew and Luke tell the story of Jesus and present his identity, personality and mission?
In your response to this question, you should include at least one quotation from the Gospel of Matthew and one quotation from the Gospel of Luke.
2. What is something that surprised you or fascinated you in BOTH of the “Let’s Look Deeper Pages” (Early Groups with Divergent Views about Jesus and The Role of Scripture in Christian Life) that you read over the past two weeks? You can include quotes from these pages or just paraphrase the something that was interesting/surprising to you!
*Further Instructions:
Your initial discussion board response must be at least 500 words long and contain two direct quotes from the readings (one from each of the two readings for this week).
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