Sacred Roots Workshop

60 Sacred Roots Workshop: Retr ieving the Great Tradi t ion in the Contemporary Church

A. The sovereign God underwrites all time and happenings in human history.

1. The actions of history are rooted in God and his narrative of the world, not in humankind and its affairs: whatever God pleases, he does, Ps. 135.6.

2. No human devising or effort can succeed against the LORD: God’s counsels and plans stand forever, to all generations, Ps. 33.11; Ps. 115.3.

3. In the actions of our triune God do we comprehend the meaning of all things: God alone declares the end of all things from the beginning, Isa. 46.10.

4. The LORD is the central character in the unfolding of the divine drama, Eph. 1.9-11.

B. The Story of God is the root and ground of our common identity and shared spirituality, describing the central character of our belonging in Christ and the essence of our witness of the Kingdom, Luke. 24.44-48; Matt. 28.18-20.

1. Our theology, worship, spirituality, and witness all are rooted in and legitimized by our fidelity and participation in the canonical Story of God’s saving work in Christ.

2. The spiritual formation and journeys we share find their meaning in our remembrance and embodiment of the Story.

3. Specifically, our liturgies, practice of the disciplines, and expressions of our witness should be explicitly tied to the true tellings of the Story of God in Scripture, climaxing in Christ.