Good News Emerging
The first selection is for the whole presentation.
It is followed below by selectable subsections of the talk.

1. Opening:
Welcome.

2. Meditation:
Opening hymn in John's gospel.

4. Palestine Time Table:
See 'Jesus the Man' essay under 'Topicals' on this web site's home page.

5. Social Groups:
Numerous competing and fighting groups existed between years Zero and 100AD.

6. Mark And Matthew:
Recording the threatened oral tradition after the Herod Temple destruction.

7. Luke And John:
Addressing the growing early community of the 'Followers of the Way', who became known as 'christians' later on.

8. Common Content:
The central core of the message and recorded tradition.

9. Today's Relevance:
Continuing to build on the handed down traditions and defining today's challenges.

10. Meeting Close:
Sharing community.