I. Life from the Father "I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator" "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation" (2 Cor. 1:3).
II. Death in the Son
"and in Jesus Christ, his Son, our Lord, who was conceived ... born ... suffered ... rose ... ascended ... sits ... and will return"
"He died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them" (2 Cor. 5:15).
III. Resurrection by the Spirit
"I believe in the Holy Spirit ... church ... communion ... fellowship ... resurrection ... life everlasting." "You are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God" (2 Cor. 3:3).
This Paradigm Encapsulates ... the Bible's central story, of Jesus Christ
thus Christology: the doctrine of Christ,
and
thus
bibliology: the doctrine of Scripture
the creeds of the Church
thus dogmatic theology
the saga of Israel
thus theological history
the life of God
thus doctrines of God, pneumatology (Holy Spirit), and Trinity
the end (i.e., goal) of all things ...
thus the doctrine of creation
... and of humanity in particular
thus doctrines of incarnation and theological anthropology (humanity)
the framework for the ordinary: fields of knowledge, ways of life, etc.
thus Christian liberal arts
the future that has begun arriving in the Kingdom of God
thus eschatology: doctrine of the end-times
the divine judgment of all that sin denies and resists
thus hamartiology: doctrine of sin
the forgiveness and new beginning that comes along with it
thus soteriology: doctrine of salvation, including doctrines of atonement, and doctrines of vocation (e.g., threefold office)
the common struggle and destiny of cultures and peoples
thus missiology: doctrines of election and mission
the biography of every disciple of Jesus
thus salvation: doctrines of justification and sanctification, and sacramentology
the life into which the world is invited to heal
thus ecclesiology: doctrine of the Church
my expectation for our semester together
the shape of the course!
