PPT-Understanding Humanity Creation, Fall, and REDEMPTION

Review of Last Week We were made to be in relationship with God Gods Original Plan for Humanity To be human is to be created Genesis 11 Relationship to God is essential in being human 1 Chronicles 289. REDEMPTION REDEMPTION REDEMPTION REDEMPTION REDEMPTION It was a hellishly hot October in 1992 on the shores of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. I was on the  rst buffalo hunt of my life. Having grown up around The Big Story. Understanding the Christian Worldview as a Great Drama, and the Role We Were Created to Play in It. THE COSMIC DRAMA. Our Need for Context. The individual stories of our lives are lived within the context of a transcendent all-encompassing story or meta-narrative.. God and Creation. © . 2011 . David W. . Opderbeck. Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution / Share-Alike. Telos. Does creation have a goal or purpose (a . telos. )?. If God knew or could have known that evil, sin and suffering would corrupt creation, why did He create?. Sin. INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . Incorporate a reading of the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis into the . Opening Prayer. .. 1. Creation (pp. 80-86. ). BASIC QUESTIONS . UNDERSTANDING . THE SCRIPTURES. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . When people use the tools of science to understand nature, which question do you think they are more likely to ask: . (1) How was the universe created? or . Life. Story Rich. . Transcendence. . Emerging Identity. . Restoration. . Exploration. . Inner Exploration. . Body Keeping. . Convergence . . Emotional Resilience. . Deepening Friendship. Father. Christians & Culture. Redemption/. Conviction. Acts 17.16. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of . idols.. Christians & Culture. Missions: . The Church’s Marching Orders. Our Lord Jesus gave the church global “marching orders” which involves each one of us. It is precisely because this mission is world-encompassing that it has local implications. Know this global mission well in order to understand the commission graciously given to . Review of Last Week. We were made to be in relationship with God!. God’s Original Plan for Humanity. To be human is to be created. Genesis 1:1. Relationship to God is essential in being human. 1 Chronicles 28:9. .. Introduction. The Bible is a. three part story: . 1-Creation Ideal: Genesis 1&2. 2-The Fall (Genesis 3 and much of the Bible). 3-Redemption : What Jesus teaches and does, and how other Apostles especially Paul apply Christ’s teachings in a Christian Household.. UNDERSTANDING . THE SCRIPTURES. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . When people use the tools of science to understand nature, which question do you think they are more likely to ask: . (1) How was the universe created? or . (an overview of Genesis 1 – 11). Genesis as an Introduction to the Bible . Creation . Narratives and The Fall. Notice the Plural—narratives . Adam’s Family (not the Addams Family). Noah and the Flood. Sin. INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . Incorporate a reading of the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis into the . Opening Prayer. .. 1. Creation (pp. 80-86. ). BASIC QUESTIONS . “Human beings are depicted as dethroned monarchs with a moral memory of their former greatness,a memory which makes them long toregain what is now lost.”