Foundations with Tulane and Loyola Chi Alpha

Outline: The Church: the Body of Christ on Mission

1. Our core communal responsibilities: 

1. Love God

2. Love one another (mutual submission and leadership)

3. Love our neighbors

1. Public love: Compassion & Justice (must be rooted in God)

4. Great Commission - make disciples as the Church/Body of Christ

2. Our core communal practices:

1. Gathering together: fellowship, worship and prayer, teaching, care

2. Baptism

3. Communion/Eucharist

Outline:

GOD, the Holy Spirit, is Present

1. Who and What is the Holy Spirit

2. Be filled with the Holy Spirit! - Make room for God

3. Abide

GOD is Loving Community

1. Christology and Theological Development

2. Trinity: God is love

3. We are incorporated into the Divine Life

1. Love one another - Real Fellowship: Life is meant to be shared

2. Love conquers Death (Resurrection)

GOD is Supremely Awesome

Who was Jesus and what was he up to in history?

Olivia and Matt explore the grand narrative of the Bible and try to situate Jesus within the covenant plan of God, as well as within his historical situation (culturally and politically). From there they explore what Jesus did and said and why. What did he intend by doing miracles, eating meals with undesirables and forgiving sins, and what did he teach and why did he call himself the Son of Man or Lord of the Sabbath?

Isaac and Matt explore the introduction of shame and brokenness, injustice and evil into God's good world through sin. What is sin and why is it such a big deal? What is God's response to human sinfulness and how does Jesus heal our hearts and our civilizations?

What are we here for?

Morgan and Matt explore what the Bible teaches us about the purpose, meaning and value of humanity, and how the answers to those questions impact our relationships and communities, our passions, personalities and professions, as well as our eternal futures.

We start at the very beginning - who is God, and how do we know God?

In this episode we explore God as the Creator who spoke everything  and everyone into existence. What do we learn about God from the  narrative of Creation in the Scriptures? Who does God reveal God-self to  be, and how? Is God far off or near? And what does all of this teach us  about ourselves and how we out to live?