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“The Balanced Life—Six Great Traditions of the Christian Faith”

“The Balanced Life—Six Great Traditions of the Christian Faith”. The Evangelical Tradition. Defining the Tradition. Proclamation of the word—the wonderful good news that we are no longer barred from nearness to God by our sin and rebellion, because of the redemptive work of Christ .

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“The Balanced Life—Six Great Traditions of the Christian Faith”

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  1. “The Balanced Life—Six Great Traditions of the Christian Faith”

  2. The Evangelical Tradition

  3. Defining the Tradition Proclamation of the word—the wonderful goodnews that we are no longer barred from nearness to God by our sin and rebellion, because of the redemptive work of Christ.

  4. Defining the Tradition 2. Presentation of the written word, due to the faithful preservation of Scripture throughout the centuries. 3. Paying attention to the Living Word, present among us.

  5. Biblical/Historical Realities Augustine of Hippo Peter Billy Graham

  6. Strengths of the Tradition Call to conversion and commitment in Christ alone; Call to disciple the nations; Call to biblical fidelity and sound doctrine.

  7. Potential Perils Majoring on the minors; Limiting salvation to a personal experience; Tending toward bibliolatry.

  8. Practicing the Tradition Get to know the Bible as a whole; Get to know people.

  9. The Incarnational Tradition

  10. Defining the Tradition God manifests himself to believers and to the world through material means; Divine realities are mediated to us through the finite realities of personal histories, social experiences, and physical bodies.

  11. Biblical/Historical Realities Susanna Wesley Bezalel Jesus

  12. Strengths of the Tradition Reminds us that God is truly among us in the here and now; Roots us in everyday life; Raises the meaning of our work;

  13. Strengths of the Tradition 4. Redefines how we see the material and spiritual worlds; 5. Reserves our bodies as portable sanctuaries; 6. Receives life sacramentally; 7. Recalls our ecological sensitivities.

  14. Potential Perils The pitfall of idolatry; The desire to manage God through external acts.

  15. Practicing the Tradition Invoke God’s manifest presence into the material world; Recover a Christian spirituality of work; Practice a sacramental lifestyle.

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