Church Matters: Retrieving the Great Tradition

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Contents3
About the Author5
Preface7
Session 1: The Apostolic Age, the Ancient Church, the Apologists, and the Great Tradition11
Session 2: The Medieval Church and the Reformation31
Session 3: Modernity, Post-Modernity, and the Church Today59
Session 4: Church Matters and Going Back to the Future: What’s All the Hubbub about the Great Tradition?77
Session 5: The Purpose, Elements, andAdvantages of Shared Spirituality95
Session 6: Shared Spirituality andChurch Plant Movements107
Session 7: Sowing Good Seed: First Steps in Recapturing the Great Tradition through Shared Spirituality125
Appendix137
The Nicene Creed143
The Nicene Creed With Biblical Support144
We Believe: Confession of the Nicene Creed (8.7.8.7. Meter*)146
The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots148
Once upon a Time: The Cosmic Drama through a Biblical Narration of the World149
The Theology of Christus Victor152
Christus Victor: An Integrated Vision for the Christian Life153
Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom154
Summary Outline of the Scriptures155
From Before to Beyond Time: The Plan of God and Human History159
There Is a River: Identifying the Streams of a Revitalized Christian Community in the City162
A Schematic for a Theology of the Kingdom of God163
Living in the Already and the Not Yet Kingdom164
Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future165
Traditions (Paradosis)166
Documenting Your Work: A Guide to Help You Give Credit Where Credit Is Due174
A Time Line of Church History178
Streams of Protestant Traditions181
The Anabaptist Tradition182
The Anglican Tradition183
The Baptist Tradition184
The Dispensational Tradition186
The Lutheran Tradition187
The Pentecostal Tradition188
The Reformed Tradition189
The Wesleyan Tradition190
Discerning Valid Urban Church Planting Movements192
The Efficiency of Dynamic Standardization193
The Threefold Cord of Urban Cross-Cultural Church Planting Movements194
Urban Church Association195
The Sacred Roots Movement196
A Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future198
What Is the Christian Year?203
A Theology of the Christian Year209
Easter in Christian Liturgy220
The Church Year – Western Church223
Colors of the Christian Year226
The Church Year: Forming Christ-Centered Spirituality through the Church Calendar228
Calendars Discarded232
A Cultural Calendar235
A Baptist Preacher Discovers the Christian Year237
Of Whose Spirit Are We? A Primer on Why We Seek to Retrieve the Great Tradition for the City Church239
Only a Few Things Matter242
Worship and the Cosmic Drama245
The Problem with Mere Christianity248
Shared Spirituality252
A Liturgy for the People of God253
That We May Be One: Elements of an Integrated Church Planting Movement among the Urban Poor256
The Nature of Dynamic Church Planting Movements: Defining the Elements of Effective Church Planting Movements258
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 64-177261
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 90-250263
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 247-420265
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 376-664267
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 496-1291269
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 673-1295271
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 1294-1517273
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 1500-1609275
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 1510-1767277
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 1620-1814279
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 1780-1914281
What You Should Know about Christian History AD 1906-1999283
National Association of Evangelicals Letter285
From Deep Ignorance to Credible Witness: Stages of Dynamic Growth290
Circle of Jewish Calendar291
Various Spirograph Designs292
Bibliography For Further Study on Church History and the Great Tradition293
About Us297

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