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Power Made Perfect in Weakness
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
This study guide by Robert B. Krushwitz on 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10 explores the relationship between courage and suffering. Contrasting Jesus with Achilles, Krushwitz suggests that Christ-like courage is a virtue that endures suffering through God's power....
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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Suffering, Courage, Weakness, Affliction

Why Should We Forgive?
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz offers a study guide on the question of why we should forgive (Colossians 1:13-14, 2:6-14, 3:12-13). Reasons include for the sake of Christ, for others, and for ourselves.
Colossians 1:13-14 (+ more)
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Forgiveness, Equity, Jesus Christ, Cross

Reading the Beatitudes Like a Christian
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz shares a study guide for a lesson about scripture. Patristic and medieval biblical interpreters can help us relearn reading Scripture within the story of salvation. Discussion questions and liturgical elements included.
Matthew 5:1-11
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Beatitudes, History Of Redemption, Interpretation, Bible

Paul's Assessment of Christian Freedom
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz offers a study guide on the subject of Christian freedom. In Christ we are set free from enslavement to self-indulgence in order for Christ to live through us in self-giving.
Galatians 5:1, 13-15
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Freedom, Individualism, Slavery, Abraham (biblical Patriarch)

Baptism and Intellectual Disability
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types
Robert Kruschwitz offers a study guide on whether people with profound intellectual disability can be baptized and admitted to the Lord's Supper. It is intended for churches where believers' baptism is the norm.
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Baptism, Lord's Supper, Differing Abilities

Distinctive Traditions of Advent
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz's study guide for adults on traditions of Advent and Isaiah 9:1-2 contains a meditation, reflection, and discussion questions for use in a small group setting.
Isaiah 9:1-2
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Advent Wreath, Incarnation, Nativity

Beatitudes in the Desert
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz shares a study guide / adult Sunday school lesson drawn from the Sermon on the Mount, focusing on self-denial and the new monasticism (Matthew 4:23-25, 5:1-12). Includes reflection questions and liturgical elements.
Matthew 4:23-25, 5:1-12
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Beatitudes, Sermon On The Mount, Awareness Of God, Monasticism

The Contexts of Jesus' Parables
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz offers a study guide about Jesus' parables. They were not spoken or recorded in a vacuum; they interacted with both Jewish and Greco-Roman culture.
Luke 16:19-31
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Culture, Jew, Generosity, Morality

Pray without Ceasing
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz offers a study guide on praying without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:15-24), which means "a grateful attitude toward God that undergirds all our thoughts and activities."
1 Thessalonians 5:15-24
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Prayer, Gratitude, Gift, Heart

Ruth: Resident Alien with a Face

Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Robert Kruschwitz offers a study guide on what we can learn from the story of Ruth about immigration. For example, God delights in channeling grace through resident aliens among us.
Ruth 1:22; 2
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Immigration, Ruth (person), Redemption, Stranger

Terrorist Enemies and Just War
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
How do we respond to terrorists who don’t even pretend to play by the rules? This adult Sunday School lesson/study guide by Robert Kruschwitz examines the just war tradition.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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War, Violence, Ethics

Boundary and Hospitality
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 4 more types
This Bible study guide written by Robert Kruschwitz is based on 1 Peter 4:7-11. It focuses on the importance of knowing proper boundaries for a hospitable Christian community.
1 Peter 4:7-11
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Hospitality, Community, Inclusion, Welcome

Stewardship of Creation
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
This adult study guide by Robert Kruschwitz is on Creation, the role of humanity, and social justice. It includes prayers, reflections, study questions, artwork, and hymns based on Genesis 1-2:4 and Psalm 8.
Genesis 1, 2:1-4; Psalm 8
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Creation, Stewardship, Social Justice, Environment

A More Perfect Union
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
To contribute to the national debate over immigration, churches must continue not only to talk about but also to walk with immigrants. An adult Sunday School lesson/study guide by Robert Kruschwitz.
Deuteronomy 24:14-15 (+ more)
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Immigration, Politics, Ethics

Satan and the Powers
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
An adult Sunday School lesson/study guide by Robert Kruschwitz about the biblical language of Satan and the "powers." How did we come to inhabit a world controlled by such powers? Where is God in the mix?
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Satan, Demon, Apocalypse, Power

Waves of Blessing
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Discussion Questions
In this adult Sunday School lesson/study guide, Robert Kruschwitz encourages churches to adopt mutually dependent ministry postures alongside immigrants and to realize immigrants’ contribution to the vitality of the church and to secular society.
Leviticus 19:34
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Immigration, Culture, Ethics

Hearing Parables with the Early Church
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Using Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) as an example, Robert Kruschwitz' study guide suggests that the early church's tradition of allegorical interpretation can still yield insights for interpreting the parables.
Luke 10:25-37
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Parables, Mercy, Allegory, Samaritans

Freedom and Belonging
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Freedom is such a potent word today that it can be dangerous. Indeed, some ways of understanding and practicing freedom make it destructive of community. An adult Sunday School lesson or study guide by Robert Kruschwitz.
Exodus 3:7-10
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Freedom, Community, Individualism

The Paschal Triduum
Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
This study guide by Robert B. Kruschwitz uses Matthew 28:1-9 to reflect on the meaning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.
Matthew 28:1-9
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Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday, Crucifixion

War in the Old Testament

Robert B Kruschwitz | The Christian Reflection Project
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Song or Hymn, Discussion Questions
Adult Sunday School Lesson / Study Guide about ancient Israel's experience of warfare and theology of war and peace today. It features Isaiah 30:27-28; 31:1-5 and includes study questions and liturgical elements.
Isaiah 30:27-28, 31:1-5
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War, Israel, Ethics
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