Session 4a Evangelical Stream

Evangelical Tradition : 

Evangelical Tradition Theological Foundations, Spiritual Formation and Psychotherapy Session 4a

Foster's Objectives : 

Foster's Objectives Broaden our view of the church Familiarize us with church history Build an appreciation of diversity Reveal idiosyncratic strengths & weaknesses

Spiritual Relationships : 

Spiritual Relationships 22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.  25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:22-33

Spiritual Relationships : 

Spiritual Relationships Development of character Discover self-identity Find place of participation / family Explore gifts / Venue for love Place of intimacy / worship Healthy attachment Receive mutual support Challenges us to grow / place of learning Distortion / Power differentials Toxic Addictive dependency Pathology of blame, conflict Place of practicing bad habits A mystery

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Value of Religion : 

Value of Religion

Pargament Research: Shortcomings : 

Pargament Research: Shortcomings

St. Peter : 

St. Peter

St. Augustine : 

St. Augustine (354 –430), Augustine of Hippo Born in North Africa Helped establish original doctrine of sin “God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” “If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” Major Works: Confessions Retractions Letters The City of God

Thomas Aquinas : 

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church, patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools Renowned for his proofs for the existence of God, Aquinas believed that both faith and reason discover truth. Major Work: Summa Theologica which attempted to reconcile faith with reason and the works of Aristotle with the scriptures. “A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.”

Martin Luther : 

Martin Luther 1483 - 1546, German monk Began the Protestant Reformation. On the eve of All Saints' Day in 1517, he nailed 95 Theses confronting the Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. "I would never have thought that such a storm would rise from Rome over one simple scrap of paper..." “Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.” (From http://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/about_driv.html)

John Calvin : 

John Calvin (1509-1564), French reformer Major Works: The Institutes of the Christian Religion Six-chapter catechism that grew to 80 chapters by its final edition in 1559 Commentaries on Books of the Bible “God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.”

C.S. Lewis : 

C.S. Lewis 1898-1963, one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day. In 1931, Lewis became a Christian and his conversion is recounted in his book Surprised by Joy. Major Works: Mere Christianity Screwtape Letters Chronicles of Narnia “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” (From http://www.cslewis.com/index.html)

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Protestant Reformation Roman Catholic Missionary Movement Protestant Missionary Movement

Slide 18: 

What is the Word-Centered Tradition? Why should we explore it?

Slide 19: 

Get to know the Bible Be ready to speak Goal: Connecting not converting