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We discussed a few options. One was to return to the series on when Christians disagree (in fact, the pastor\u2019s series could be viewed as fitting under that heading, and perhaps it could have been called \u201cWhy Baptists are more likely to disagree than any other Christians\u201d). I toyed with the idea of suggesting that we look next at some of the \u201cend times\u201d types of subjects that Christians disagree about. A second option would be to do something on the historical figure of Jesus \u2013 I\u2019m teaching a university class on that topic, and so I could do something on that in Sunday school without that much additional preparation. The third option was to move back to a format we\u2019ve used before and study a \u201cbook\u201d from the Bible. In this case, we\u2019d probably do Galatians.<\/p>\n

At the moment it looks like we\u2019ll probably go with the second option, the historical figure of Jesus. Of course, once we actually get into that subject, a consensus may arise that most participants would rather be doing something else!<\/p>\n

Let me add that my church will be switching its Sunday school and worship times starting next week. Sunday school will be at 9:30 and then at 10:45 we\u2019ll have the worship service. After that, to inaugurate things properly, we\u2019ll have a pot luck lunch.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re reading this and are in the Indianapolis area, I cordially invite you to both the class and the service and the lunch!<\/p>\n

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