CHRIST THE KING
What
on earth have you been
banging on about in your
sermons?
Three
groups of Questions:
AS A CORE COMMITMENT CHRISTIANS SHOULD:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Follow the teaching of Jesus
Follow the teaching of the New
Testament
Follow the example of Jesus
Follow Jesus
None of the above.
PARISH PROFILE:
Task:
To lead ‘an open, ongoing
search for understanding of what
it means to be individuals, and a
community, of faith today.’
IDEAS VS ACTION
Isn’t it more important to do things than talk
about things?
 Isn’t theology a load of ..........?
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
Mark, Luke, Matthew, John, James,Paul,
Peter,,..................
DIFFERENT THEOLOGICAL INFLUENCES (YOU DIDN’T
KNOW YOU HAD)
Incarnation (Christ being with us in creation)
Anglicanism from 1750) Response to the
Enlightenment
 Crucifixion (Puritanism, Pietism and European
evangelicalism from Reformation onwards. Also
Roman Catholicism in different periods.)Response
to Medieval Platonism
 Resurrection (From 1890-1920: PT. Forsyth and
Charles Finney etc.) Response to Modernism
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WE WILL ONE DAY KNOW AS WE ARE NOW
KNOWN 1 COR. 13: 12
(ST. PAUL , JACQUES DERRIDA & MIKHAIL BAHKTIN)
Ascension Theology: Response to Post
modernism
 Challenges:
 How do know definitely anything is ‘true’?
 What is the teaching of New Testament?
 Which example of Jesus?
 Biblical Response: All that I know now is partial
and incomplete, but then I will know everything
completely... (promise delivered through in
Ascension)
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WHAT SHOULD WE BE ‘DOING’?
Worship
What
is worship?
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Worship is not something we ‘do’ (Ego).
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The Ascended Christ worships the Father.
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We are invited to be caught up in the Sons
communication with the Father (Perichoresis)
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The ascension, through worship, is preparing us to
enter God’s inner life.
WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
Humanity is good even if fallen
 But will be even better because of Ascension
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BALANCE