A Good Friday Night Study

There were 5 people at our study on John 8 tonight: the woman caught in adultery.  Most were students we currently have or taught last semester. One student was a sculptor who took Rick’s class last semester and is now auditing the class. One was a middle school student that was the son of a friend of the sculptor. Another was a lady who audited my class last semester and I helped her write an article which has helped her gain an interview for the PKU Ph.D. program. She is very, very thankful. One sat and absently fingered his Buddhist prayer beads while we studied. Excellent discussion about the forgiveness offered to us and the mercy available. That it is a relationship, not following a set of rules.  Because of a discussion with a former student from far, far away who fb chatted with us today, I brought up that believers feel strongly about marrying other believers. Most of them found this astounding and pretty much incomprehensible. I think the discussion brought forward the centrality of our beliefs. I pray so. Please remember this group of dear people.