Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

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Front	I
Contents	3
About the Author	5
Preface	7
Session 1: From Everlasting to Everlasting - Toward a Theology of Time	11
Session 2: Christus Victor - A Biblical Motif for Structuring the Life and Times of the People of God	28
Session 3: Keeping the Rhythm of the Spirit - Living the Baptized Life in Christ through the Church Year	64
Session 4: God’s Timepiece and God’s Telos - God’s Appointed Times for Remembrance and Renewal	87
Session 5: Shoes That Fit Our Feet - Retrieving the Great Tradition in Our Tradition	102
Session 6: Spirographing Spirituality - Marking Time in Your Family, Community, and Tradition	117
Appendix	131
Appendix 1: The Nicene Creed	135
Appendix 2: The Nicene Creed With Biblical Support	135
Appendix 3: We Believe: Confession of the Nicene Creed	137
Appendix 4: We Believe: Confession of the Nicene Creed	139
Appendix 5: The Story of God: Our Sacred Roots	139
Appendix 6: Once upon a Time	141
Appendix 7: The Theology of Christus Victor	143
Appendix 8: Christus Victor: An Integrated Vision for the Christian Life	145
Appendix 9: Old Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom	145
Appendix 10: Summary Outline of the Scriptures	147
Appendix 11: From Before to Beyond Time	151
Appendix 12: There Is a River	153
Appendix 13: A Schematic for a Theology of the Kingdom of God	155
Appendix 14: Living in the Already and the Not Yet Kingdom	155
Appendix 15: Jesus of Nazareth: The Presence of the Future	157
Appendix 16: Traditions (Paradosis)	157
Appendix 17: Documenting Your Work	165
Appendix 18: A Time Line of Church History	170
Appendix 19: A Nicene Interpretation of Church Planting Movements	173
Appendix 20: Imagining a C1 Integrated Church Planting Movement	173
Appendix 21: Imagining a Unified, Connected C1 Church Planting Movement	175
Appendix 22: Discipling the Faithful	175
Appendix 23: Our Declaration of Dependence	177
Appendix 24: Thy Kingdom Come! Readings on the Kingdom of God	179
Appendix 25: Kingdom of God Time Line	189
Appendix 26: Elements of an Urban Church Planting Movement	191
Appendix 27: Creating Coherent Urban Church Planting Movements	191
Appendix 28: Fleshing Out the Universal Priesthood	193
Appendix 29: Suffering for the Gospel	204
Appendix 30: Handing Down the Apostolic Deposit	205
Appendix 31: The Sacred Roots Movement	207
Appendix 32: A Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future	209
Appendix 33: Faithfully Re-presenting Jesus of Nazareth	213
Appendix 34: Models of the Kingdom	215
Appendix 35: A Theology of the Church in Kingdom Perspective	217
Appendix 36: The Church Year – Western Church	219
Appendix 37: Colors of the Christian Year	221
Appendix 38: The Church Year	223
Appendix 39: The Picture and the Drama	227
Appendix 40: The Principle of Substitution	229
Appendix 41: Of Whose Spirit Are We?	230
Appendix 42: Three Contexts of Urban Christian Leadership Development	233
Appendix 44: “In Christ”	235
Appendix 45: Shared Spirituality	235
Appendix 46: Spiritual Gifts Specifically Mentioned in the New Testament	238
Appendix 47: The Life of Christ according to Seasons and Years	239
Appendix 48: The Nature of Dynamic Church Planting Movements	247
Appendix 49: Substitute Centers to a Christ-Centered Vision	249
Appendix 50: From Deep Ignorance to Credible Witness	251
Appendix 51: Circle of Jewish Calendar	251
Appendix 52: Various Spirograph Designs	253
Bibliography: For Further Study on the Church Year and Spiritual Formation	255
About Us	259
Back	264

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