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Wisdom Principle & PrayerWisdom Principle & Prayer

7Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who ever came before me were

thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10The thief

comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

(John 10:7-10, NIV)

6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

(John 14:6, NIV)

THE GOOD LIFETHE GOOD LIFEIndividual Verbal PresentationsIndividual Verbal Presentations

Share The Results of Your Lifestyle Research Share The Results of Your Lifestyle Research ProjectProject

QUESTIONSQUESTIONS::1.1.How are we expected to arrive at the good life in How are we expected to arrive at the good life in

our society? our society? 2.2.Has this changed over the years? If so, how?Has this changed over the years? If so, how?3.3.Is anyone excluded by these indicators? If so, Is anyone excluded by these indicators? If so,

how or why? Does this matter?how or why? Does this matter?4.4.How comfortable are you with this definition of How comfortable are you with this definition of

the good life?the good life?5.5.How do you measure the quality of your life?How do you measure the quality of your life?

THE GOOD LIFETHE GOOD LIFEEverybody Wants It…Everybody Wants It…

These Guys Took “Not Gettin’ None” of THIS To The Top of the Charts in 1965…


SMALL GROUP EXERCISE“Detecting the Marks of Satisfaction” Handout (10

Minutes)


“Just being alive, having a wonderful family, good friends, watching the sunrise morning after morning — that’s what makes me feel good. I think people take their lives for

granted. Some just haven’t hit that part of their lives where

they stop and say, “I am such a lucky person to have the life that

I have.”

Sgt. Michael A. DiRaimondo, in a letter home from Iraq


One Thing To THINK Your Life Is Going Well….

Another Thing to Think It Is Going WELL ENOUGH

A Mere Belief Lacks Weight…


LIFE SATISFACTION: Requires BEING Satisfied, Not Just Thinking

About It

Being Satisfied: Has Motivational Implications

Happy Planet IndexHappy Planet Index, , highest rankhighest rank toto lowest ranklowest rank


DETERMINANTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE

1.Material Well Being2.Health

3.Political Stability and Security4.Family Life

5.Community Life6.Climate and Geography

7.Job Security8.Political Freedom9.Gender Equality


THEORIES OF HAPPINESSTraditionally Takes 2 Basic Forms:

-Life Satisfaction View: BEING Satisfied, Not Just Thinking Things Satisfactory

-Hedonism: Identifies Happiness With PleasureEMOTIONAL STATE THEORY: Happiness Identified

W/Favorable Emotional Condition; Focuses on Mood/Nonconscious Aspects of Affect and Disposition

HYBRID VIEWS: Combine Life Satisfaction With Hedonism…To Be Happy Is To Be Satisfied and Have A Favorable Balance Of

Pleasure Over Pain


WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION ACTIVITY

What are the TRENDS present in society that are affecting

well-being/happiness/contentment…..namely, the “good life?”

John 3:1-21

-The good life has spiritual foundations.-Most of us don't spend much effort or time

cultivating these foundations.-If we feel dissatisfied with our lives—kind of like

something is missing. -Even when we try to cultivate those spiritual

foundations with such things as religion, meditation, yoga, and therapy, it doesn't quite

work.

John 3:1-21

-Theres an indispensable key to the good life…Jesus gave it to Nicodemus.

What Did Jesus Tell Nicodemus?

Your spirit has to be ALIVE

To live in the Kingdom of God is to reenter a special relationship with God something like what Adam and

Eve must have had in Garden

The “abundant life” (good life) can be lived on our own


LiteratureLiterature

BREAKBREAK


How does being “born again” happen?

God’s Spirit makes it happen.

PROCESS: Lot like the wind


God wants this for us so badly that He sent Jesus to make it possible.

How to Make It Happen? BELIEVE IN JESUS

This Means:1. Faith is a believing conviction2. Faith is a trusting relationship

3. Faith is a lived life of love

REPENTANCE?Means to have GENUINE SORROW for the

past, and to turn away from it.

Affirm our belief in Jesus with a prayer at some specific place and time

Not necessarily a bells and whistle kind of thing

Doing this establishes a trusting relationship with Him

STUDY GROUP SPOTLIGHTSTUDY GROUP SPOTLIGHTPresentationsPresentations



BREAKBREAK

GODIf there is a God: Theodicy Old Testament Picture of GodPopular Conceptions of God New Testament Picture of God

THE COSMOSThe Scientific ApproachThe Genesis Approach

Evolution

THE

COSMOS

THE COSMOS

THE GOOD LIFE Good Life Indicators

Born Again

THE HUMAN RACEThe Human Relationships

Made Forever

Life After Life

Values vs. SinThe FallHeart Signs SIN

Evolution

Workshop 1COSMOS

Great Conflict Raging Through The Centuries

The Scientific Approach

Question Emerges For Christianity….

Themes In Biblical Themes In Biblical LiteratureLiterature

Putting It Together…Putting It Together…

Workshop 1COSMOS

LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE: WHEN IT MAKES EXCESSIVE CLAIMS• When scientists speculate philosophically or religiously

• There are parameters around which science can legitimately speak….scientific authority over and against biblical occurs

because of it’s prestige• Often, the best scientific theorists found in philosophy or religion

departments-Scientist wanna be’s are not inclined to think theoretically

-Results in a tacit naturalism-Theologians often wind up doing science



Workshop 1COSMOS

-LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE: WHEN IT MAKES EXCESSIVE CLAIMS• Both naturalistic scientists and fundamentalists share similar

false assumptions of science-both want to assume science can speak to ultimate questions…

on the same plane in their quest for knowledge-naturalist science: gives no room for God

-creationists: scientific evidence suggests there must be a God-BOTH: claim scientific basis for opposite conclusions for God

-science AS SCIENCE cannot do this-the question of God is not scientific

• Naturalistic scientists do not relate science to larger reality: value? Beauty?

-robs us of depth, transcendency, ultimacies of human experience….we need arts, philosophy, God, religion



Workshop 1COSMOS

-KEY: Genesis does NOT give us a scientific explanation

-THE CONTEXT OF GENESIS



Workshop 2Workshop 2GODGOD

THEODICYTHEODICY

NATURAL EVILNATURAL EVILLimited; Violent Energy System; Chance Factors; Other Limited; Violent Energy System; Chance Factors; Other

Purposes In Universe; Not Hedonistic Pardise; Purposes In Universe; Not Hedonistic Pardise;

MORAL EVILMORAL EVILGenuine Free Choice; God Respects Freedom; God Does Not Genuine Free Choice; God Respects Freedom; God Does Not

Create It; God Concurs…; Demonic InfluenceCreate It; God Concurs…; Demonic Influence




REDEMPTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF MORAL EVILREDEMPTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF MORAL EVILCROSS: Provides SolutionCROSS: Provides Solution

RESURRECTION: Romans 8:28 and Transformation in Ways We RESURRECTION: Romans 8:28 and Transformation in Ways We Can’t ComprehendCan’t Comprehend

HOPE: In The EndHOPE: In The End




THE OLD TESTAMENT PICTURE OF GODTHE OLD TESTAMENT PICTURE OF GOD

-God Relies on People-God Relies on People-God is a Contract Maker-God is a Contract Maker

-God is Plugged into History-God is Plugged into History-History was Not Outside His Control.-History was Not Outside His Control.

-God Makes Moral Principle Central to Life.-God Makes Moral Principle Central to Life.




THE NEW TESTAMENT PICTURE OF GODTHE NEW TESTAMENT PICTURE OF GOD

JESUS: Self Revelation of GodJESUS: Self Revelation of God



Workshop 3Workshop 3THE HUMAN RACETHE HUMAN RACE

So What?......Which of these does the world “get?”So What?......Which of these does the world “get?”

-We live in a contingent universe.-We live in a contingent universe.-Life is temporary.-Life is temporary. James 4:14 James 4:14

-Link with the eternal.-Link with the eternal. John 11:25 John 11:25-Cherish your friends.-Cherish your friends.

-Understand and love your enemies and intellectual -Understand and love your enemies and intellectual adversariesadversaries..

…all have eternal, existential implications for humanity.




TO BE FULLY HUMAN, YOU NEED TO BE IN TO BE FULLY HUMAN, YOU NEED TO BE IN RELATION TO OTHERS TO FULLY CORRESPOND TO RELATION TO OTHERS TO FULLY CORRESPOND TO

ONESELFONESELF

The Three-Way Relationship.The Three-Way Relationship.ADAM>GODADAM>GOD

ADAM>EARTHADAM>EARTHADAM>EVEADAM>EVE




The Nature of the Relationships.The Nature of the Relationships.ADAM>GOD>CREATORADAM>GOD>CREATOR

ADAM>EARTH>CARETAKERADAM>EARTH>CARETAKERADAM>EVE>COMPANIONADAM>EVE>COMPANION

Corresponding Parts of Human Nature.Corresponding Parts of Human Nature.ADAM>GOD>CREATOR>SPIRITUALADAM>GOD>CREATOR>SPIRITUAL

ADAM>EARTH>CARETAKER>PHYSICALADAM>EARTH>CARETAKER>PHYSICALADAM>EVE>COMPANION>SOCIALADAM>EVE>COMPANION>SOCIAL




MADE FOR FOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 COR. 15:1-58MADE FOR FOREVER: A GLIMPSE AT 1 COR. 15:1-58The ResurrectionThe Resurrection

-Our human existence, both natural and supernatural, is corporate, -Our human existence, both natural and supernatural, is corporate, involves solidarity. In Adam . . . in Christinvolves solidarity. In Adam . . . in Christ

-Perspective expands to cosmic dimensions

-Question of the nature of the risen body (what kind of body?)

-Explain theologically how the change of properties from one image to another will take place: God has the power to transform, and he will

exercise it.



Workshop 4Workshop 4VALUES vs SINVALUES vs SIN

ValuesValues are ideals that guide or qualify your are ideals that guide or qualify your personal conduct, interaction with others, and personal conduct, interaction with others, and

involvement in your careerinvolvement in your career

Values can be classified into four categories:Personal ValuesCultural ValuesSocial ValuesWork Values




Personal Values -Personal values are principles that define you as

an individual. Personal values, such as honesty, reliability, and trust, determine how you will face

the world and relate with people.Cultural Values

-Cultural values, like the practice of your faith and customs, are principles that sustain connections

with your cultural roots. They help you feel connected to a larger community of people with

similar backgrounds.




Work Values Work Values -Work values are principles that guide your -Work values are principles that guide your

behaviour in professional contexts. They define behaviour in professional contexts. They define how you work and how you relate to your co-how you work and how you relate to your co-workers, bosses, and clients. They also reveal workers, bosses, and clients. They also reveal

your potential for advancement.your potential for advancement.Social Values Social Values

-Social values are principles that indicate how you -Social values are principles that indicate how you relate meaningfully to others in social situations, relate meaningfully to others in social situations, including those involving family, friends, and co-including those involving family, friends, and co-

workers.workers.-A social value typically lasts from 20 to 50 years. -A social value typically lasts from 20 to 50 years.




--Changes in social values occur, to name a few Changes in social values occur, to name a few reasons, because of reasons, because of

(a) scientific findings, (a) scientific findings, (b) evolution of religious beliefs, (b) evolution of religious beliefs,

(c) changes in moral values, (c) changes in moral values, (d) the persistence of vision-driven advocates, (d) the persistence of vision-driven advocates,

(e) media, (e) media, (f) changes in the economy, (f) changes in the economy, (g) technological innovation, (g) technological innovation,

(h) demographic shifts, or (h) demographic shifts, or (i) for no discernible reason at all. (i) for no discernible reason at all.




Dimensions on which social values evolve, or ebb Dimensions on which social values evolve, or ebb and flow, are:and flow, are:

-What is moral…………….……what is immoral -What is moral…………….……what is immoral -What is a personal sin……….…what is a crime (that -What is a personal sin……….…what is a crime (that

merits state punishment)merits state punishment)-Focus on the criminal…….……or focus on the crime-Focus on the criminal…….……or focus on the crime

-Pursue equality………………...allow or require -Pursue equality………………...allow or require inequality (gender, race, etc)inequality (gender, race, etc)

-Societal rights prevail………… individual rights -Societal rights prevail………… individual rights prevailprevail

-Less privacy…………………....more privacy for the -Less privacy…………………....more privacy for the individualindividual




SINSIN

-Difficult to discuss-Difficult to discuss

-We need to maintain an APPROACHABLE THEOLOGICAL VOCABULARY to speak about the

relationship between sin and the reality of God




TED PETERS (“Sin”): TED PETERS (“Sin”): 7 Steps of Progressive Sin 7 Steps of Progressive Sin that Result in Evilthat Result in Evil

AnxietyUnfaithPride

ConcupiscenceSelf-Justification

Blasphemy




THE FALLTHE FALL

-Which of the three relationships was attacked first?

-Who attacked the relationship?

-How was the relationship attacked?

-What was the result of the attack?




ROMANS CHAPTER 1ROMANS CHAPTER 1

Paul’s emphasis on the attributes of God

Sin is believing and behaving in contradiction to the character of God




ROMANS CHAPTER 1ROMANS CHAPTER 1If I understand our text correctly, not only does God’s

wrath respond to man’s sin, but it corresponds to his sin.

(1) While God’s present wrath is largely passive, His future wrath is active.

(2) God’s present wrath allows sin to increase; God’s future wrath will put an end to sin, causing it to cease.

(3) God’s present wrath is often not recognized as such, and Christians must believe it by faith; His future wrath cannot

be missed.(4) God’s present wrath is reversible; His future wrath is not.




Mark 7:1-23Mark 7:1-23Problem OneProblem One: The Pharisees' system of rules had : The Pharisees' system of rules had

actually carried them away from God.actually carried them away from God.

Problem TwoProblem Two: : The The Pharisees focused their attention Pharisees focused their attention on exterior problemson exterior problems, , when the real problem was an when the real problem was an

interior oneinterior one..

PHARISEES: Focused on words and deeds only; not heartsPHARISEES: Focused on words and deeds only; not hearts





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