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
David McAnulty on The Golden Mean
11:00 am, 09.16.13
Interesting that you say people at the extremes would “come across as…” The long conversation about virtue over the centuries has wrestled precisely with this idea of true virtue versus appearance of virtue. Aristotle did feel that repeated practice became habit, which in turn formed virtue.
David McAnulty on Freud and the Fall
10:54 am, 09.08.13
Savannah, this post is in keeping with the spirit of the assignment, but not the timeline. You are asked to post about someone we’ve already covered in class or our readings. Freud will come much later.