The Final Days DVD: A Lenten Journey Through the Gospels

This Lent, ponder the themes of justice, poverty, freedom, and love. The DVD features lessons taught in Matt Rawle's entertaining and charismatic style. It is designed to be used the book and leader guide for a six-week Bible study. All sessions are closed captioned. The DVD contains six video sessions: Meet You at the Flagpole (10:34) Looking for a Messiah (12:22) Yes, I Am: The Passion according to Mark (9:11) You Have Said So, but I Say to You: The Passion according to Matthew (9:15) A New Covenant to Remember: The Passion according to Luke (9:27) A Word that Weeps: The Passion according to John (7:16) The four New Testament Gospels aren't the same story, but they offer the same Resurrection hope. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John devote most of their story detailing Jesus' last week in Jerusalem, all highlighting Jesus' triumphant entry into the city, the suffering and humiliation of the cross, and the empty tomb come Sunday morning, but the stories they tell aren't quite the same. Each Gospel offers a different lens through which we understand Jesus' Passion. One portrait reveals Jesus to be in control, while another emphasizes his suffering. In one story Jesus offers hope to the thief on the cross, and in another Jesus only receives derision. These different perspectives aren't a reason to dismiss they Gospels; rather they reveal an abundant, diverse, and complementary picture of God's work in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.