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Facing the Challenge: Meals with Jesus

Meals with Jesus

The meals Jesus eats with different people play a vital role in the unfolding story of Luke's Gospel.

They're important because of who he eats with - often the social misfits, the outcasts, and the religiously unacceptable members of society. And they're important because of what they represent - the future great feast in God's kingdom.

This new course from Focus explores the meals people have with Jesus in Luke's Gospel, and what they mean for us today.

This course is for home groups, cell groups, adult Sunday schools, Christian Unions, youth groups and individuals.

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In eight sessions, the course looks at meals with Jesus…

  • In Levi’s home (Luke 5:27-32)
  • In Simon’s home (Luke 7:36-50)
  • In Mary and Martha’s home (Luke 10:38-42)
  • In a pharisee’s home (Luke 11:37-53)
  • In another pharisee’s home (Luke 14:1-24)
  • In Zacchaeus’s home   (Luke 19:1-10)
  • In a home in Jerusalem (Luke 22:7-38)
  • In a home in Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35)

Each session includes:

  • discussion starters
  • A passage from Luke’s Gospel to study
  • Real life applications
  • Something to do after the session
  • Ideas to help you go deeper