Teaching ideas to develop...

Now that seminary is over, there are several ideas which I would like to develop for Sunday Schools, sermons and all around discussion. Just to post a few in order to see if there is any energy/feedback on certain areas. If not, then I will know that perhaps I am not plugged into where people are.

Christian Symbols:
Shepherd
Breathing
Jesus in Red
Flowers/Vines

What the gospel writes were saying about Jesus by placing him in different locations for his teachings:
Sermon on the mount (Matthew)
Sermon in a boat (Mark)
Sermon on the plain (Luke)
Sermon in conversation (John)

Orbs of Hermeneutics (different ways of reading the Bible):
Literal/Historical
Allegory
Moral
Anagogical

Body Symbolism in the Bible:
Heart
Soul/Throat
Belly
Hair
Eyes, Ears, Mouths
Hands and Feet
Jason Valendy

Husband, father of two boys, pastor in the United Methodist Church, and guy who is interested in the desert mothers and fathers. The idea of Orthocardia is the pursuit of having a “right heart” over the pursuit of having a “right belief” (orthodoxy) or a “right action” (orthopraxy).

www.jasonvalendy.net
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