St. James Parish Bible Study from FORMED:
“Salvation” with Dr. Michael Barber
Lectio: Salvation New Life in Christ
At every Sunday Mass, Catholics confess that Jesus came down from heaven “for us men and for our salvation.” But what does “salvation” mean? In this remarkable 10-part video series, Scripture scholar and theologian Michael Barber provides a thorough, deeply Catholic, and deeply biblical, answer.
Sessions will meet Thursdays from September 19th – November 21st from 9:45 – 10:45 AM in Room 3.
Video will be shown and discussion afterwards.
| Date | Sessions | Date | Sessions |
| September 19 | 1: NOT SELF HELP -Grace as God’s Merciful Gift -Saving Faith as a Gift -Returning to the Father | October 24 | 6: NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT -Judgment by Works -Salvation as Compensation and the Concept of Merit -The Power of Grace |
| September 26 | 2: NOT JUST FIRE INSURANCE -The Law and the Love of God -Fulfilling the Law -Salvation as Knowing the Lord | October 31 | 7: NOT SIMPLY A MOMENT -Salvation as Becoming Children of God -Maturity through Redemptive Suffering -Purgatory and Salvation |
| October 3 | 3: NOT WITHOUT COST -Redemption and the Debt of Sin -Redemption and Atonement -The Cross as the Revelation of Divine Love | November 7 | 8: NOT INEVITABLE -For Many Will Seek to Enter and Will Not Be Able -Mortal Sin and Severing Oneself form Christ |
| October 10 | 4: NOT JUST PERSONAL -The Church in the New Testament -One Bread, One Body -Is There Salvation outside the Church? | November 14 | 9: NOT JUST FOR OTHER PEOPLE -You Are Spiritually Blind…Yes, You! -Harden Not Your Hearts -The Need For Supernatural Vision |
| October 17 | 5: NOT JUST A LEGAL TRANSACTION -Grace as Divine Indwelling -Justification and the Protestant -Reformation -Transformative Righteousness | November 21 | 10: NOT ONLY ABOUT THE FUTURE -The Resurrection and a New Creation -Resurrection and New Life -Sharing in the New Adam’s Victory Over Satan |
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