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Zoom Book Group — Calvin’s 1536 Institutes!

November 5, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Calvin's 1536 Institutes

I’m so jazzed to tell you my book group is planning to read Calvin’s 1536 Institutes! If you have been a regular here on my site you probably know that I have a theological book group through my Patreon page that’s been meeting each week via Zoom throughout the pandemic. Every time we start a […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Theology Tagged With: Online Reading Group

Julian of Norwich “Showings” — The New Book in My Zoom Group

September 9, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Julian of Norwich

My Zoom Book Group Before the pandemic I started a Patreon page, and the most popular thing I did there was labeled “The Education.” For $8.33 per month (that comes out to $100 per year) you get access to an ongoing series of videos that take you into a topic or text from the history […]

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Augustine’s Confessions — New Video Series

March 9, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Augustine's Confessions Video Series

Augustine’s Confessions Video Series! I’m really happy to be able to invite you to join me in what you might call an online historical theological adventure. Above you’ll find the first introductory video for a series I’m doing on one of the greatest books ever written: Augustine’s Confessions. The rest of the videos will come […]

Filed Under: Saints, Theology Tagged With: Patreon, Video Series

Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Trinity, Matthew 28:16-20

June 4, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

The Sunday after Pentecost is called “Trinity Sunday” in the West. If you frequent Orthodox churches you will know that pretty much every Sunday (really every single service in the year) is about the Holy Trinity. In the West we tend to need the annual reminder of the nature of the God we worship — […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Theology Tagged With: Great Commission, Matthew 28:16-20, RCL Year A, Trinity Sunday

Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 2, John 3:1-17

March 5, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

John 3:1-17

I wrote on this passage two years ago, when it came up as the Gospel for Trinity Sunday in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. I’m writing today without reference to that post — but you might want to check it out. I also did a children’s sermon on this text which you can […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation, Theology Tagged With: John 3:1-17, Lent 2, Nicodemus, RCL Year A

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