CHRTC 250 Chapter Forward: Forward
22 Jun 2018
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Week 1: Notes
Forward: Due May 14, 2018
- The Master Teacher educated the disciples so that they too could educate and “go into
action themselves”
- Testing faith with hardships and then giving them a reason to rejoice and have a reason to
trust their faith again.
o“Their faith tested by Calvary, their hope renewed by Easter.” (paragraph 2)
- Regardless of what happened “their proclamation remained the Master Teacher”
- Ian Knox
o““The heart of the Christian message is Jesus Christ. The centre of the Christian
life is Jesus Christ. Even more, the Christian message itself is Jesus Christ. For
Christians, ‘To live is Christ’”” (paragraph 3)
oGives us teachers and upcoming teachers “valuable insights”
o“establishes connections and relationships and encourages teachers to understand
the Christian message as an organic whole” (paragraph 5)
o“We do not study theology for its own sake; we study it that it may affect our
daily life and bring us closer to the living God.”
- We believe because we choose to believe.
oIt is a way of life.
- Informed and formed millions
- Religion is so much more than what we understand
- “reason and revelation are on speaking terms, faith and understanding walk hand in
hand.”
- “God is the supreme paradox. We don’t solve paradoxes, we learn to live with them.”
- “God is never so hidden that faith is impossible, but at the same time God is never so
clearly revealed that faith is inevitable.”
- “To say what God is like is not to say what God is.”
- “The Bible contain error, but teaches no error.”
- “Christianity cannot escape its Jewish roots.”
- “History tries to get at accurate detail and fact; theology tries to understand the working
of God in human experience.”
- “Gospel values are human values, they are not merely religious values.”
- Pope John Paul II said “No one else will ever be where you are. No one else will ever
have the opportunity you have – to accompany students in the search for truth, to foster in
them a thirst for justice and an appreciation of the goodness of God, to lead them
patiently and loving in their journey of faith.”
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Document Summary
The master teacher educated the disciples so that they too could educate and go into action themselves . Testing faith with hardships and then giving them a reason to rejoice and have a reason to trust their faith again: their faith tested by calvary, their hope renewed by easter. (paragraph 2) Regardless of what happened their proclamation remained the master teacher . Ian knox: the heart of the christian message is jesus christ. The centre of the christian life is jesus christ. Even more, the christian message itself is jesus christ. We believe because we choose to believe: it is a way of life. Religion is so much more than what we understand. Reason and revelation are on speaking terms, faith and understanding walk hand in hand. We don"t solve paradoxes, we learn to live with them.
