W6 Assignment 2: Living in Light of the Death and Resurrection The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on the passion narratives, specifically, how do the events in the final week of Jesus’ life inform Christian life today? Overview: The final week of Jesus’ life includes the central events of the Christian story. Many traditions observe Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday, continuing through observance of the crucifixion on Good Friday, and ending with the celebration of the resurrection on Easter. For the Apostle Paul, in later books in the New Testament, all of Christian faith and life hinges on the death and resurrection of Jesus.
For this week’s assignment you should write a 300-350 word essay in response to this prompt: How do the final chapters in John (Chapters 17-21) inform your understanding of how followers of Jesus should live? For example, what are the appropriate actions and beliefs that ought to characterize a follower of Jesus? What precise event or word in the biblical text supports this conclusion? Explain your thought process from the biblical story to your proposed conclusion about appropriate action for Christians today. To answer this question, you might consider the good or bad example of specific characters, the final prayer of Jesus or dialogue exchanged in his arrest and trial with Pilate, significant factors in Jesus’s appearances to his disciples after his resurrection, and so forth. Be specific in your answer, drawing on two different passages, each from a different chapter. The Bible need be your only source for this assignment, but be sure to cite the chapter and verses in John from which you are forming conclusions. Be sure to cite your sources in APA format for any other sources used, but you are encouraged to only use sources in the course material, cited with a page number.
