1. Part 1: Christian Worldview The Gospel

2. reason deliberative experience relationships traditions learned or passed down scripture prescriptive

3. reason deliberative experience relationships traditions learned or passed down scripture prescriptive worldview? gospel

4. reason deliberative experience relationships traditions learned or passed down scripture prescriptive worldview gospel

5. The Gospel What is it?

6. Models? The bridge

7. The Gospel Let’s Review

8. The Gospel Creation: It was good

9. The Gospel Humans: Image of God

10. Image of God create & tend

11. Image of God trinitarianly intertwined

12. Image of God highest value

13. Image of God inherent dignity (given) Vs functional dignity (performed)

14. Givenness of Creation creation was on purpose

15. Givenness of Creation creation was on purpose

16. Givenness of Creation created to work

17. The fall A distortion of the image A fallen human being is still a human being

18. The fall How? Turning to self “grasping for spiritual and moral autonomy rooted in unbelief and rebellion

19. The fall Consequence: alienation from God

20. The fall Consequence: alienation from fellow persons

21. The fall Consequence: alienation from oneself

22. The fall Consequence: alienation from nature

23. The fall Structural & Corporate

24. Structural rulers, powers and principles of the world

25. Corporate Culture, religiosity, traditions, the “norms”

26. Redemption Chosen ones  Chosen one

27. Salvation Salvation is not earned by works but manifests itself in ethical character and living

28. Salvation Salvation earned by Jesus Christ Faith in the Faith & Work of Jesus Christ

29. Salvation Salvation is not free. Someone died for it. We too must die for it.

30. Consummation The kingdom is here behind a veil Phlipsis