Sunday Forum meets Sundays at 9:45 a.m. in the basement classroom.
March 4.—Dr. Brad Hanson, God as Triune. This Sunday concludes Dr. Hanson’s three-part series Who/What is God? Examining what led early Christians to affirm the doctrine of the Trinity, Dr. Hanson will discuss some theological, liturgical, and devotional uses q of Trinitarian symbols and ideas for us today.
March 11.— Carolyn Jacobs, The Lutheran Church in the Central African Republic. Christ the King Church member Carolyn Jacobs will speak about our synod’s companion relationship with the Central African Republic (CAR), the focus of the March mission offering. Carolyn will talk about the Lutheran Church in CAR, and will give us an update on what was built in Bouar, CAR, last year, building projects our congregation helped support. She will also speak about the work of Pastors Joyce and Ian Graue, the ELCA missionary couple working in CAR.
March 18 and 25.—Matthias Henze, Lost Christianities. The Gnostic Gospels continue to attract much attention. This two-part series examines two of these texts, The Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas.
March 18. The Gospel of Thomas and the Invention of Heresy. In December 1945 along the Nie River near the modern-day town of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian farmer discovered thirteen ancient Coptic codices containing some fifty texts. The most celebrated of these is the Gospel of Thomas, a hitherto unknown Gospel that has played a crucial role in the newly emerging view of nascent Christianity.
March 25. The Gospel of Judas: In Praise of Betrayal? Lost for 1,600 years, the controversial Gospel of Judas was rediscovered in 1970 in a desert cave in Egypt and published only in 2006. The Gospel tells the story of Jesus from the perspective of Judas, who is here depicted not as a traitor but as a hero.