Creation-Fall-Redemption-New Creation
CREATION
- Where are we?
- What is this universe in which we find ourselves?
- Where did it come from?
- Why does it exist? Is it even real?
- Who are we?
- What does it mean to be human?
- What is the “good life”?
- Are we merely animals?
- Does human life have any value, meaning and purpose?
FALL
- Human disobedience & sin
- Physical
- Illness, decay
- Catastrophies
- Intellectual
- Excusing, rationalizing our evil
- Social
- Fractures, disruptions
- Family, sexuality, society, ethnic, international…
- Spiritual
- Alienation from God
- Loss of meaning
- Physical
REDEMPTION
- OT:
- The Promise (Abram)
- Exodus
- The Law (Moses)
- The prophets
- NT
- The Incarnation
- The Cross
- The Resurrection
- Holy Spirit
NEW CREATION
- Redemption and renewal of God’s whole creation