Eat Up!
Acts 11:1-18 
Eating brings life 

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Looking Up  
After Jesus teaches & goes up into heaven, things are looking up for the early church

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...#3 How does St. Peter backslide in Galatians 2:11-21? When are times you backslid from proper right teaching & action because of social pressure? What was the outcome? Have you returned to the proper thing? What’s needed for you to do so?   

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Get Up!
Acts 9:36-43 
Growing up in faith we imitate Jesus 

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Looking Up  
After Jesus teaches & goes up into heaven, things are looking up for the early church

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...#2 What do these resuscitation accounts point us to? 1 Kings 17:17-24; 2 Kings 4:18-37, 2 Kings 13:21; John 11:1-44; Luke 7:11-17, 8:49-56 (Matthew 9:23-26; Mark 5:22-24, 35-43); Acts 9:36-42, Acts 20:9-12. What makes these resuscitations & not resurrections? See 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-20; Revelation 20:11-15  

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From the Depths
John 21:1-19  
Even facing death, God is trustworthy 

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Growing into New Life  
Encounters with the Living Lord Jesus

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...#2 Recall what St. Peter said at the Last Supper (13:37-38) & then what happened (18:33-37). How is St. Peter invited in this gospel episode to carry out his earlier boast (13:37)?   

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Sore Eyes
John 20:19-31  
For St. Thomas seeing is believing; for us believing is seeing 

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Growing into New Life  
Encounters with the living Jesus

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...#5 Read 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:1-12, esp. v5. How do Jesus’ wounds make him “authentic” to pre-Christians?   

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Holding on to the Past
John 20:1-18  
St. Mary Magdalene must learn that Jesus will be closer than ever before 

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Growing into New Life  
Encounters with the Living Jesus

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...#1 V17 is a strange command. What do these passages add to it? See Luke 12:11-12, 21:14-15 24:25-27, 44-49; John 16:12-15; Acts 1:3; Romans 13:14; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Ephesians 1:20-23; 4:23-24; Philippians 3:20-21; Colossians 3:10-12; 1 John 3:1-2   

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Rock of Trust
Philippians 2:3b-11  
Even facing death, God is trustworthy 

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Christ Our Rock  
Jesus gives us support, a foundation, & refuge

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...#1 How do Jesus’ temptation, his prayer in the garden, & St. Peter confession illustrate this passage? See Luke 4:1-13, Matthew 16:13-28; Luke 22:31-53   

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