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Oct 29, 2015 · How should a Christian think? What exactly is a Christian thought life? How it is any different from those who are not Christians? How does the gospel impact our very thoughts? These questions and others compelled me to write the following 8 week study on Philippians 4:8:
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- Introduction and Definitions
- Theological Understanding and The Creator-Creature Distinction
- Theological Understanding and The Nature and Extent of Sin
- Theological Understanding and The New Creation and Final Judgment
The term “theology,” combining theos (God) and logos(word about, or study of), refers most literally to the study of God. Yet this term is used for the study of humanity, and sin, and salvation, and the church, and last things (and more). The reason “theology” may rightly be used of these other areas is this: theology is the study of God and his re...
One of the most important aspects of a Christian worldview is affirming what is sometimes called the Creator-creature distinction. God, as eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient, infinite, simple, and omnipotent, exists eternally independent of anything created and finite in the infinite fullness of life and joy as the Triune God. Since the world ...
Consider also some aspects of a correct theological understanding of the nature of our sin and of the salvation God has brought to us in Christ. One of the starkest contrasts between a Christian with a theologically-informed worldview and that of the culture of which we are apart is the basic understanding of why bad things happen and what to do ab...
Of the many areas of theology we could rightly consider further, may we look lastly to the difference a correct theological understanding makes regarding the end of history and the establishing of the new creation. Certainly there are areas here that have frustrated full consensus among thoughtful Christian thinkers over the centuries. We differ ov...
those who believe in the God we see in Jesus and who are strug-gling to follow him. In particular, I explore the question of what the church is there for. The point of following Jesus isn’t simply so that we can be sure of going to a better place than this after we die. Our future beyond death is enormously important, but the nature of the ...
For those who desire a basic understanding of the tenets of Christian faith, this paper offers a brief history of Christianity and summarizes the central Christian beliefs in God, Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the Bible and authority, sin and reconciliation, sacraments, spiritual practices, and ethical living.
CHRISTIAN FAITH AS A WAY OF LIFE Alfred J. Freddoso University of Notre Dame 1 Introduction The New Testament authors emphasize unremittingly that the key to genuine human flourishing is faith in Jesus Christ as the revealed and revealing Word of God, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6).
Here’s a radical thought: You can’t depend on your new nature. Just to say you want to live for Christ won’t get you anywhere. Your relationship with God is not a do-it-yourself kit. You need Jesus. You need to turn your life over to the Spirit of God, yield to Him, and let Him do for you what you can’t do for yourself.
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this introduction to Christian theology – its basic concepts, confes- sional content, and history – emphasizes the relevance of the key convictions of Christian faith to the challenges of today’s world.
