A Chosen People
Program Date(s): 2016
Course Presenter: The Rev. James F. Cubie
Location: Potomac Presbyterian Church, 10301 River Road, Potomac, MD 20854
The idea that God chooses a people is all over the Old and New Testaments. That’s part of the reason why it has been so important to the Presbyterian tradition, which has called this idea “Election” and the way it works out in the world: “predestination”. Starting with John Calvin, and then in our Book of Confessions, the claim that God chooses a people to save and to send, has been at the center of our life and thought. Join the Rev. James F. Cubie (Member of the Company of Teachers at the Reformed Institute and Associate Pastor at Leesburg Presbyterian Church) for an in-depth look at what the Bible and our Reformed tradition teaches about election. Our course on election will be a seminar-style course, rather than a lecture-based course. Each Saturday, class members will gather around Biblical and theological texts which we will engage in class. Please come prepared to read, analyze, and discuss.