Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 1 | THEOLOGY OF THE CHURCH: THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP / 289

Read the assigned reading and summarize each reading with no more than a paragraph or two for each. In this summary please give your best understanding of what you think was the main point in each of the readings. Do not be overly concerned about giving detail; simply write out what you consider to be the main point discussed in that section of the book. Please bring these summaries to class next week. (Please see the “Reading Completion Sheet” on page 16.) In our next lesson, Foundations of Christian Leadership: The Christian Leader as Pastor , we will discuss pastoral authority, and look at three biblical models and analogies of pastoral care: that of a nurturer and care giver, a protector and guardian, and a leader of the flock of God. It is hard to imagine a more wonderful gift to an assembly or group of assemblies than godly, Christlike leadership, true shepherds who guard and protect the flock of God. May God use this study to inspire you to nurture and care for his people, to emulate the Good Shepherd who laid down his life for his sheep. Please see the following resources in Picturing Theology: An A-Z Collection of TUMI’s Key Diagrams, Charts, Graphics, and Articles : • Salvation as Joining the People of God , page 371 • There Is a River , page 479 • Theology of the Church , page 458 • The Lord’s Supper: Four Views , page 264 • Christus Victor: An Integrated Vision for the Christian Life , page 43

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