As if it\u2019s not unusual enough that Trinity United Methodist Church and the Minnesota Atheists have joined forces to promote a project, wait till you hear what the project is: a Bible study class.<\/p>\n
Granted, it\u2019s not your normal one. At least, that\u2019s the hope. Called Secular Bible Study, the program aims to \u201cfoster and nurture relationships between folks who would otherwise avoid each other,\u201d said Chester O\u2019Gorman, community outreach director for the northeast Minneapolis church. \u201cSecular Bible Study hopes to attract a variety of people \u2014 Buddhists, atheists, agnostics, Christians and even Jews and Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n
The weekly class will focus on the Bible\u2019s historical and cultural context. Organizers have drawn up a set of ground rules designed to keep participants from proselytizing, but that doesn\u2019t mean that they want to discourage disagreement. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What do you think about studying the history and culture of the Bible without reference to Christ, salvation, grace, and other controversial things that the Bible is about? Might this do some good, or is it just reading the Word of God as covered by a veil? <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More ideas from Minnesota. Secular Bible Study casts wide net: As if it\u2019s not unusual enough that Trinity United Methodist Church and the Minnesota Atheists have joined forces to promote a project, wait till you hear what the project is: a Bible study class. Granted, it\u2019s not your normal one. At least, that\u2019s the hope. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-religions"],"yoast_head":"\n
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