Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition - Mentor's Guide

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on anyone outside the triune Godhead for its completion (Hos. 11.8-9; Acts 17.25; John 17.24-26). God is the lover who never stops loving (Jer. 31.3; Hos. 11.1-9). Although humans can express noble emotions (Ps. 13.5-6; Mark 12.20-30; 2 Cor. 1.24-2.4; 2 John 4), their love often diminishes (Rev. 2.4), is prostituted by loving the evil (2 Tim. 3.2, 4) and rejoices in the wrong thing (Ps. 13.4; Mic. 3.2; 1 Cor. 13.6). They also give themselves to “degrading passions” (Rom. 1.26). God’s choices are always wise and right (Gen. 18.25; Isa. 10.13; Rom. 16.27), whereas human choices are often perverse (Rom. 1.32). Although there are some overlaps in the following, comparisons are also seen in such areas as character (Isa. 54.5; Hos. 3.1-3; Jer. 5.7, 8; 1 Pet. 1.14, 15), metaphors/similes (John 1.19; Isa. 1.6, 7; Luke 3.22; Matt. 10.16), familial relationships (Jer. 5.7, 8; 31.32; Eph. 5.28; Rev. 21.2) and occupational images (Ps. 23; Zech. 11.17; Matt. 13.55; John 10.11; 1 Cor. 3.5-17; Heb. 11.10; 1 Pet. 5.2). Although time- and space-bound image bearers (Ps. 90.9-10; 139.7-9) do share some finite continuities with the eternal (Ps. 90.2), unlimited (Ps. 139.7-9), nondependent (Acts 17.25) God, they will always be dependent creatures (Gen. 1.27; Ps. 100.3) in need of other humans (Gen. 2.18), divine information (Matt. 4.4; 1 Cor. 2.6-9) and God himself (John 15.5, 11; 17.3; Ps. 16.5-11; 1 Cor. 6.17). The Summary of Key Concepts section allows for you to have quick scan of the central ideas, doctrines, and truths covered in the lesson. They represent the fundamental truths of the entire learning sessions written in declarative sentence form. These ideas are meant to be the residual messages of the lesson, that is, those insights which the lesson’s study, interaction, and investigation were meant to unearth and make plain to the students. Rehearsing these statements is your way to cement the central ideas of the study sessions in the minds of the students, and provide them with a ready reference to the outline of the lesson. Make sure that these concepts are clearly defined and carefully considered, for their quiz work and exams will be taken from these items directly. ~ Leland Ryken. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery . (electronic ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000. pp. 336-337.

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