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Sep 21, 2022
Week 3: The Covenant of Life
By: Luke Griffo
Series: Covenant & Kingdom: Intro To Convenant Theology
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  • Sep 21, 2022Week 3: The Covenant of Life
    Sep 21, 2022
    Week 3: The Covenant of Life
    By: Luke Griffo
    Series: Covenant & Kingdom: Intro To Convenant Theology
  • Sep 18, 2022The Battle
    Sep 18, 2022
    The Battle
    By: Guest: Rev. Rusty Thomas
    Series: (All)
  • Sep 14, 2022Week 2: The Kingdom Prototype
    Sep 14, 2022
    Week 2: The Kingdom Prototype
    By: Luke Griffo
    Series: Covenant & Kingdom: Intro To Convenant Theology
  • Sep 11, 2022So Close — And Yet…
    Sep 11, 2022
    So Close — And Yet…
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
  • Sep 8, 2022Progressive Christianity: Week 1
    Sep 8, 2022
    Progressive Christianity: Week 1
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: Equipping the Saints: What Every Christian Needs to Know
    Introduction
    1. What Is Progressive Christianity?
      1. “Progressive Christianity is an open, intelligent and collaborative approach to the Christian tradition and the life and teachings of Jesus that creates a pathway into an authentic and relevant religious experience.”
    (ProgressiveChristianity.org)
    1. Progressive Christianity - Focuses on Feelings, Pragmatism, Personal Happiness, Social Justice, Care for the Poor and Oppressed, Environmental Causes, Acceptance of Diversity, Keeping Up with Culture
    2. Progressive Christianity - is not overly concerned with core Christian beliefs, but uses Christian terminology, redefines doctrines or at least, understates them
      1. Biblical authority - inspiration - sufficiency
      2. The substitutionary atonement of Christ (seen as unnecessary. . . “Cosmic child abuse”)
      3. Original Sin - Deny the sin nature
      4. Miracles - Downplayed, ignored   
    3. Progressive Christianity is sympathetic to or fully affirms . . .
      1. LGBTQ+ - Relationships, “Marriage”, etc. - (side A & B)
      2. Universalism - Eventually every person will be saved
      3. Social Justice
      4. Perennialism - All religions share similar truths - key is to practice yours faithfully
    4. Naming Names
      1. Hard Core
        1. Jim Wallis
        2. Richard Rohr
        3. Marcus Borg
        4. Peter Enns
        5. Rachel Held Evans
        6. Rob Bell
        7. John Dominic Crossan
        8. Nadia Bolz-Weber
        9. Kristin Kobes Du Mez
        10. Brian McLaren
        11. Brian Zahnd
        12. N.T. Wright
      2. Use Extreme Caution
        1. Tim Keller
        2. Matt Chandler
        3. David Platt
        4. Jen Wilkin
        5. Jen Hatmaker
        6. Russell Moore
        7. Beth Moore
        8. David French
        9. Julie Roys
        10. Karen Swallow Prior
    “Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it’s telling the difference between right and almost right.” C.H. Spurgeon
    1. Scriptures to Know
      1. Romans 16:17-18
      2. 2 Timothy 4:3-4
      3. 2 Peter 2:1-3
      4. 1 John 4:1
      5. Jude 1:4
      6. Ephesians 5:6-13
      7. 2 John 1:7-11
  • Sep 7, 2022Week 1 – What is Covenant Theology and Why Study It?
    Sep 7, 2022
    Week 1 – What is Covenant Theology and Why Study It?
    By: Luke Griffo
    Series: Covenant & Kingdom: Intro To Convenant Theology
    Covenant and Kingdom Week 1 - What is Covenant Theology and Why Study It? Hebrews 10:19-25  
      • Why study covenant theology?
        • Properly understanding covenant gives us deeper grounds for greater assurance of our faith, and a greater appreciation of God’s wisdom and faithfulness
        • Covenant is the way that God relates to man and the way that the members of the Godhead relate to one another
        • Helps us to see the fullness, scope, continuity, authority, and applicability of all of Scripture
        • Helps to provide a framework for understanding the whole of Scripture in its context
      • What is covenant theology?
        • The study and explanation of the united purpose of God in all history past, present , and future (Samuel Renihan)
        • A framework for biblical interpretation, informed by exegetical, biblical, and systematic theology, that recognizes that the redemptive history revealed in Scripture is explicitly articulated through a succession of covenants, thus providing an organizing principle for biblical theology (Ligon Duncan)
        • Strong emphasis on the historical development and outworking of God’s redemptive plan
        • Considers and impacts various branches of theology, thus it is important that we carefully consider it and understand it
      • Key terms/concepts
    • Covenant - A commitment guaranteed by a solemn oath, with the threat of [divine] sanctions
    • Typology - The study of analogical correspondence among revealed truths about persons, events, institutions, and other things within the historical framework of God’s special revelation, which, from a retrospective view, are of a prophetic nature and are escalated in their meaning (Greg Beale)
    • Federal Head - One covenant representative whom God deals with and who connects all those under his headship to the covenant
    • Covenants of Works - Covenants in which promised blessings are received on the basis of works done
    • Covenants of Grace - Covenants in which promised blessings are received on the basis of free grace as a gift
    • Kingdom/Dominion - Covenants delegate authority, grant dominion over a particular sphere
      • What makes a covenant?
    • Sanctions - Threats that enforce and ensure the fulfillment of covenant commitments
    • Precepts - The covenant law/obligations
    • Promises - Blessings of the covenant
    • Federal Head
    • Delegation of Dominion
    • Major covenants of Scripture
      • Kingdom of Creation
        • Covenant of Life, Noahic Covenant
      • Kingdom of Israel
        • Abrahamic Covenant, Mosaic Covenant, Davidic Covenant
      • Kingdom of Christ
        • Covenant of Redemption, New Covenant
  • Sep 4, 2022Not Off The Hook
    Sep 4, 2022
    Not Off The Hook
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
  • Aug 28, 2022Empty Religion Cannot Save
    Aug 28, 2022
    Empty Religion Cannot Save
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
  • Aug 21, 2022Vice Now Virtue?
    Aug 21, 2022
    Vice Now Virtue?
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
  • Aug 14, 2022Turning Vice Into Virtue
    Aug 14, 2022
    Turning Vice Into Virtue
    By: Pastor Joe Griffo
    Series: The Book of Romans
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