Following Jesus, the Master

You and your course mates will delve in the the rich tapestry of stories in Matthew 8 about Jesus calling disciples, telling parables, confronting hostile opponents and, above all, performing healings and other miracles. You will discover more of the beauty in Jesus’ humble approach to bringing about the Kingdom of God and the incredible power at work for those who commit totally to him and his ways.

Your understanding of Greek will be greatly enriched, through discussing these stories together and learning to retell them and explain them in your own words.

Pre-requisite

You have completed our 2 JOHN course (or its equivalent – meaning, you control an active vocabulary of approx. 800–900 words).

Content

Your knowledge of Koine Greek will expand, as you add to your repertoire an active knowledge of vocabulary and phrases in the areas of faith/doubt, prophecy, discipleship, suffering, sickness/health, physical movement, dining, wild life, boating, geographical features and the final judgement.

Your familiarity with stories as units within the Gospels will grow tremendously. You will begin to develop a feel for how sentences flow together in narratives in Greek.

You will understand stories narrated in both present and past tenses.

By the course’s end, you will be able to:

• give correct answers to comprehension questions for each story in Matthew 8

• pose comprehension questions to others

• retell each story in the present tense (with access to the biblical text)

• retell three of the stories in your own words (without access to the biblical text)

• write a summary of each story in your own words

• describe who Jesus is

• recite one story from memory

• use portions of the Scriptures in prayer to God

We meet weekly, for a two-hour session. Eight weeks (16 hours of live instruction).

The cost is just $312.