Foundations with Tulane and Loyola Chi Alpha Tulane & Loyola Chi Alpha Foundations

Outline: The Church: the Body of Christ on Mission



Our core communal responsibilities: 



Love God


Love one another (mutual submission and leadership)


Love our neighbors



Public love: Compassion & Justice (must be rooted in God)



Great Commission - make disciples as the Church/Body of Christ



Our core communal practices:



Gathering together: fellowship, worship and prayer, teaching, care


Baptism


Communion/Eucharist





Notes

Outline:

GOD, the Holy Spirit, is Present



Who and What is the Holy Spirit


Be filled with the Holy Spirit! - Make room for God


Abide






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GOD is Loving Community


Christology and Theological Development


Trinity: God is love


We are incorporated into the Divine Life



Love one another - Real Fellowship: Life is meant to be shared


Love conquers Death (Resurrection)




Notes

GOD is Supremely Awesome


Awe and worship 



God over the universe


God over history 


God over us: Authority



Loving God with our minds (devotion)


Submission and obedience (it’s good to bow)




The Credibility and Authority of the Bible



Notes

Who was Jesus and what was he up to in history?

Olivia and Matt explore the grand narrative of the Bible and try to situate Jesus within the covenant plan of God, as well as within his historical situation (culturally and politically). From there they explore what Jesus did and said and why. What did he intend by doing miracles, eating meals with undesirables and forgiving sins, and what did he teach and why did he call himself the Son of Man or Lord of the Sabbath?

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The Two Year Bible Plan

Isaac and Matt explore the introduction of shame and brokenness, injustice and evil into God's good world through sin. What is sin and why is it such a big deal? What is God's response to human sinfulness and how does Jesus heal our hearts and our civilizations?

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