Read
the lessons at the Vanderbilt Library website:
http://divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/BLent/bLent5.htm
Photograph
above shows Robert N. Murrell, R.B.J. Campbelle Jr., Robert Blakemore
and an unidentified attorney defending Fisk University student Diane
J. Nash, one of the students arrested in the Nashville, Tennessee
sit-ins in 1960. From the Kelly Miller Smith Papers, Vanderbilt
University Special Collections.]
(Adult Student Pew-work)
Jeremiah
31:31-34
Psalm
51:1-12
or Psalm119:9-16
Hebrews
5:5-10
John
12:20-33
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Jesus is concluding his public ministry; this is his last chance to teach. What does he mean "The Hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified?" |
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Consider the seed falling into the ground and "hating" our life rather than loving it. What is Jesus teaching us here? Do we really think Jesus wants us to "hate" our lives? |
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Do you need to change attitudes and priorities in order to put spiritual goals ahead of your secular life? What is most important to you? |
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Notice what Jesus calls us to do in verse 26. Interesting that Jesus does not say, "Worship me" but instead says, "follow me." If we chose to "follow" Jesus, where would we go? |
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When else have the disciples heard the voice in Verse 28? |
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"And I, when I am lifted up" – what does this recall from last week's gospel? |
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