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 saga of Israel
the
Bible's central story, of Jesus Christ
the creeds of the Church
the life of God
the end (i.e., goal) of all creation
the future that has begun arriving in the Kingdom of God
the divine judgment of all that sin denies and resists
the forgiveness and new beginning that comes along with it
the common struggle and destiny of cultures and peoples
the life into which the world is invited to heal
my expectation for our semester together
the shape of the course!
