2023/2024 Class - Season 2
Rabbi Aaron Bisno and the Rev. Jonathon Jensen will teach a class together on great Jewish stories in the Book of Genesis. We will learn together from Jewish and Christian perspectives and how we all might benefit from this wisdom.
Class #26 - April 21, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #25 - April 14, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #24 - April 7, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
(There will be no class on Easter Sunday - March 31, 2024)
Class #23 - March 24, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #22 - March 17, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #21 - March 10, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
(No class on March 3, 2024)
Class #20 - February 25, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #19 - February 18, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #18 - February 11, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #17 - February 4, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #16 - January 28, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #15 - January 21, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube } View the handout as a PDF
Class #14 - January 14, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #13 - January 7, 2024: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #12 - December 17, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #11 - December 10, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube
Class #10 - December 3, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube
Class #9 - November 26, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #8 - November 12, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #7 - November 5, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #6 - October 22, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #5 - October 15, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #4 - October 8, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #3 - October 1, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handout as a PDF
Class #2 - September 24, 2023: Watch the class on YouTube | View the handouts as a PDF
Class #1 - September 10, 2023: An Introduction to this year’s class. Watch the class on YouTube.
2022/2023 Class - Season 1
Rabbi Aaron Bisno and the Rev. Jonathon Jensen teach a class together on the parables of Jesus.
CLASS #25 - April 30, 2023: Monolatry, Monotheism, Trinitarianism: On the nature of God. (This is the last class of the season).
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CLASS #24 - April 23, 2023: Fig Trees [Luke 13:6-9 and Mark 13:28-33]
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CLASS #23 - April 16, 2023: In concert with our Rabbi-in-Residence Aaron Bisno, Calvary Church will welcome special guests Imam Abdullah Antepli and Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin to Pittsburgh. The Imam and Rabbi will co-lead our class today.
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CLASS #22 - April 2, 2023: Matthew 15:10-20 and Mark 7:14-23.
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CLASS #21 - March 26, 2023: Mark 4:21-25, Matthew 5:14-16, and Matthew 25:1-13
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CLASS #20 - March 19, 2023: Matthew 22:1-14 and Luke 14:7-14
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CLASS #19 - March 12, 2023: Matthew 21:28-32; Matthew 21:33-46
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CLASS #18 - March 5, 2023: Luke 18:15-20; Luke 12:13-21
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CLASS #17 - February 26, 2023: Imam Chris Caras will be our special guest leading the class this day. Chris is the Imam and Religious Director at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. He will be discussing Islam and the role of Jesus and parables within this great Abrahamic faith. Watch the class on YouTube
CLASS #16 - February 19, 2023: Imam Chris Caras will be our special guest leading the class for the next two weeks. Chris is the Imam and Religious Director at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. He will be discussing Islam and the role of Jesus and parables within this great Abrahamic faith. Watch the class on YouTube
CLASS #15 - February 12, 2023: Luke 7:36-50; Luke 14:15-24; Luke 14:28-33
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CLASS #14 - February 5, 2023: John 10:1-18
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CLASS #13 - January 23, 2023: Matthew 7:1-4; Matthew 7:24-27 (part 2)
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CLASS #12 - January 22, 2023: Matthew 7:1-4; Matthew 7:24-27
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CLASS #11 - January 15, 2023: Luke 16:1-13
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CLASS #10 - December 18, 2022: The Good Samaritan [Luke 10:25-37]
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CLASS #9 - December 11, 2022: Talents, Sheep, and Goats [Matthew 25:14-46]
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CLASS #8 - December 4, 2022: Judgement; Laborers in Vineyard, Two Sons, and Wedding Banquet [Matthew 20:1-16, 21:28-32, and 22:1-14]
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CLASS #7 - November 27, 2022: More Money; Rich Man and Lazarus [Luke 16:19-31].
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CLASS #6 - November 21, 2022. A Priest and a Rabbi Walk into a Classroom will be a little different this Sunday, November 20. Rabbi Aaron Bisno will be away, but our good friend and "America's Rabbi," Jeff Myers, will join the Rector to lead a presentation and discussion on the rise of Anti-Semitism in America and a faithful response as Jews and Christians. Regular programming will resume next Sunday. Watch the class on YouTube.
CLASS #5 - November 13, 2022: Who Gets In?; Great Physician and Marriage Feast
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CLASS #4 - November 6, 2022: Life in the Kingdom; Persistent Widow, Pharisee and Tax Collector, & Rich Ruler
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CLASS #3 - October 23, 2022: What is the Kingdom of God; Weeds, Mustard Seed, Yeast, Treasure, the Pearl, and the Dragnet
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CLASS #2 - October 16, 2022: Parables of Being Found; Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Lost (Prodigal) Son:
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CLASS #1, Part 2 - October 9, 2022: The Purpose of Parables and the Sower, Part 2:
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CLASS #1, Part 1 - October 9, 2022: The Purpose of Parables and the Sower:
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Reading the Saints is a ministry which will help us to keep the memory of the saints and encourage us
to look into the wisdom of their example and writings. Lead by The Reverend Geoffrey Royce.
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Session 85 - Gregory of Nazianzus Bishop and Theologian - January 25, 2023
Session 84 - Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletica of Egypt, Desert Mothers - January 5, 2023
Session 83 - Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary - January 8, 2023
Session 82 - Richard Meux Benson, Priest, and Charles Gore, Bishop - January 14, 2023
Session 81 - Vincent of Saragossa - January 22, 2023
Session 80 - SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE - December 21, 2022
Session 79 - WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON and MARIA STEWART, ABOLITIONISTS - December 17, 2022
Session 78 - LILLIAN TRASHER, MISSIONARY TO EGYPT - December 17, 2022
Session 77 - JOHN OF THE CROSS, MYSTIC - December 14, 2022
Session 76 - THOMAS MERTON, CONTEMPLATIVE AND WRITER - December 10, 2022
Session 75 - ISAAC WATTS, HYMN WRITER - November 26, 2022
Session 74 - THOMAS TRAHERNE, PRIEST - September 26, 2022
Session 73 - LANCELOT ANDREWES, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER - September 26, 2022
Session 72 - SERGIUS OF MOSCOW, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY - September 26, 2022
Session 71 - CLARE OF ASSISI, MONASTIC: August 10, 2022
Session 70 - EDITH STEIN, PHILOSOPHER AND MONASTIC: August 10, 2022
Session 69 - JOHN MASON NEALE, PRIEST AND HYMNOGRAPHER: August 10, 2022
Session 68 - MACRINA, MONASTIC AND THEOLOGIAN: July 17, 2022
Session 67 - WILLIAM WHITE: July 17, 2022
Session 66 - THE RIGHTEOUS GENTILES: July 17, 2022
Session 65 - JIM FOREST, WRITER AND ACTIVIST: June 8, 2022
Session 64 - JOHN CALVIN, THEOLOGIAN: May 30, 2022
Session 63 - BERTHA AND ETHELBERT, QUEEN AND KING OF KENT: May 27, 2022
Session 62 - BEDE, THE VENERABLE, PRIEST AND MONK OF JARROW: May 27, 2022
Session 61 - SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES, APOSTLES: May 3, 2022
Session 60 - ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST: April 27, 2022
Session 59 - DAMIEN AND MARIANNE OF MOLOKAI, PRIEST AND LEPER, RELIGIOUS: April 19, 2022
Session 58 – TIKHON, PATRIARCH, CONFESSOR, AND ECUMENIST: April 8, 2022
Session #57 - SAINT SCHOLASTICA: February 13, 2022
Session #56 - THOMAS AQUINAS: January 30, 2022
Session #55 - AELRED OF RIEVAULX: January 12, 2022
Session $54 - WILLIAM LAUD, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY: January 10, 2022
Session #53 - NINO OF GEORGIA, MISSIONARY: December 16, 2021
Session #52 - NICHOLAS OF MYRA, BISHOP: December 12, 2021
Session #51 - CATHERINE, BARBARA, AND MARGARET, MARTYRS: November 24, 2021
Session #50 - C.S. LEWIS: November 22, 2021
Session #49 - HILDA, ABBESS OF WHITBY: November 18, 2021
Session #48 - MARGARET, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND: November 16, 2021
Session #47 - SAMUEL SEABURY: November 14, 2021
Session #46 - SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES: November 3, 2021
Session #45 - TERESA OF AVILA: October 20, 2021
Session #44 - WILSON CARLILE: September 29, 2021
Session #43 - ST. MATTHEW: September 21, 2021
Session #42 - HENRY THACKER BURLEIGH: September 15, 2021
Session #41 - SAINT MARY MOTHER OF OUR LORD: August 25, 2021
Session #40 - SAINT LAURENCE: August 18, 2021
Session #39 - DOMINIC: August 11, 2021
Session #38 - SAINT MARY MAGDALENE: July 21, 2021
Session #37 - SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA: July 14, 2021
Session #36 - ABBA MOSES DESERT FATHER: July 7, 2021
Session #35 - ELISHA, PROPHET AND MIRACLE WORKER: June 23, 2021
Session #34 - SAINT EPHREM: June 10, 2021
Session #33 - THE MARTYRS OF UGANDA: June 2, 2021
Session #32 - AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY: May 26, 2021
Session #31 - PACHOMIUS: MAY 19, 2021
Session #30 - JULIAN OF NORWICH: May 12, 2021
Session #29 - SAINT ATHANASIUS: April 28, 2021
Session #28 - CATHERINE OF SIENA: April 21, 2021
Session #27 - DIETRICH BONHOEFFER: April 14, 2021
Session #26 - DANIEL GEE CHING WU: April 7, 2021
Session #25 - JOHN KEBLE: March 31, 2021
Session #24 - THE ANNUNCIATION: March 24, 2021
Session #23 - ST. PATRICK: March 17, 2021
Session #22 - GREGORY OF NYSSA: MARCH 10, 2021
Session #21 - JOHN CASSIAN: MARCH 3, 2021
Session #20 - ANNA JULIA HAYWOOD COOPER: FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Session #19 - FREDERIC DOUGLAS: FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Session #18 - ABSOLOM JONES: FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Session #17 - BAKHITA: FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Session #16 - MARCELLA OF ROME: JANUARY 27, 2021
Session #15 - ST. FABIAN: JANUARY 20, 2021
Session #14 - ANTONY OF THE DESERT: JANUARY 13, 2021
Session #13 - ELIZABETH SETON: JANUARY 6, 2021
Session #12 - THE HOLY INNOCENTS: DECEMBER 30, 2020
Session #11 - ST. STEPHEN: DECEMBER 23, 2020
Session 10 - DOROTHY SAYERS: DECEMBER 16, 2020
Session 9 - ST. AMBROSE: DECEMBER 9, 2020
Session #8 - CHARLES DE FOUCAULD: DECEMBER 2, 2020
Session #7 - DOROTHY DAY: NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Session #6 - ST. CECELIA: NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Session #5 - MARTIN OF TOURS: NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Session #4 - WILLIAM TEMPLE: NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Session #3 - THERESE OF LISIEUX: OCTOBER 28, 2020