Beer and Bible: Luke 5

Last night seven of us gathered in the main bar of The Northcote Hotel (the lounge was full, shocking) for a beer and a discussion around Luke 5. The discussion took us around the chapter in question with minor detours into the other Gospels, Exodus, Genesis, and quite a long discussion on foreskin’s (erm). Just another quality Beer and Bible evening.

Questions

The main questions that came up were;

What on earth are the last three verses all about. Wine skin’s and patches? etc
Why are we supposed to fast? What’s it all about anyway?
Why are the accounts of calling of the first disciples different in the different Gospels

Discussion

The discussion took some twists and turns and led us into what it meant to be a disciple of a Rabbi and how the Jewish system of education worked (it was a better conversation that it sounds *smile*),

We also spent a fair amount of time trying to decide what indeed was harder for Jesus to say; “Your sins are forgiven” or “Get up and walk”. The gathered seemed split on that one so if you fancy adding to the debate then do chip in.

Talking about fasting; do we do it, why, etc etc was very interesting. It was useful, i believe, for all to get each others take on something which remains a bit of a mystery. It was useful to hear of experiences of fasting from real people, rather than just the ‘super people’ in the Bible.

Drinks consumed were: Guinness, 6x, and water.