Sacred Roots Workshop

Ses s i on 2: Go i ng Back to the Future

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a. Reliance on modern theological methods that ignore the content of Christian confession of the biblical narrative of the triune God’s work in creation, Israel, and Christ

b. Overly concerned with making contemporary pastoral ministry compatible with culture

c. Allowing other sub-stories to eclipse or outshine the biblical Story, i.e., the truth of God’s saving work in Christ

2. Individualistic evangelicalism : Church seen as a footnote (Webber: “a mere addendum”) to God’s sovereign plan to restore his creation

a. Church defined in terms of business models

b. Weird, unbiblical views of the Church

c. Judgmental attitudes toward the Church

3. Theological compartmentalization : analyzing God’s story of redemption in terms of its separate parts, while downplaying God’s sovereign action of “recapitulation” in Christ

a. Shortchanging the role of history in Christian faith

b. Ignoring the essential legacy of the ancient- undivided Church