Assignment task: Please help with the following questions
1. Why is the Resurrection of Jesus such a key to the understanding of Christianity, especially as a "world religion"? How do you understand a statement that the Resurrection is a "New Creation"?
2. What point is Jesus making about "who is my neighbor?" based on the parable of The Good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37). What do you find interesting or challenging in the commandments to love God and one's neighbor?
3. What is the new moral teaching that Jesus bringing according to The Beatitudes (The Sermon on the Mount from Matt. 5:1-12). What do you find in this sermon intriguing, problematic or difficult to comprehend? Can we live today as Jesus has taught?