Foundations

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Christianity is more than just another spiritual option. It uniquely tells us the truth about God, the world, and ourselves. Sin has tricked and trapped us in a life-constricting parody of reality apart from our Creator. Jesus came to free us from sin, so we could learn to live in the life-affirming light of the real world with God. This 8-week series covers the foundations of the Christian faith.

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This series includes

a short video
scripture engagement
core
questions
discussion questions
application questions

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1. God of the Real World

Christianity is more than just another spiritual option. It uniquely tells us the truth about God, the world, and ourselves. Satan uses our sin to trick and trap us in a dark, life-constricting parody of reality apart from our Creator. But God calls every person to turn away from their sin and find life and truth with him.

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2. Made for More

The Christian faith offers us an identity that is received as a gift from God, not achieved by our efforts. We don’t have to chase after meaning or compare ourselves to others because we know God created each of us in his image, uniquely and for a purpose.

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3. The Things We Do in the Dark

Humanity turned away from our Creator and got lost in the darkness of sin, so God came to us. Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. Through his death and resurrection, he broke the chains of sin and shone the light of God into the world. He calls us to join him by living in the light of God’s kingdom on earth.

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4. The Light of the World

Humanity turned away from our Creator and got lost in the darkness of sin, so God came to us. Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. Through his death and resurrection, he broke the chains of sin and shone the light of God into the world. He calls us to join him by living in the light of God’s kingdom on earth.

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5. Freed to Follow

Being reunited with God in the resurrection life is the end result of our salvation, but salvation is so much more than a future destination. It’s an ongoing process of transformation that we get to experience daily as we follow Jesus.

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6. Our Helper

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity who comes to live in believers. The Spirit guides, empowers, and transforms us as we live out our salvation by following Jesus.

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7. The Light of the World, Part 2

The church is the community of redeemed image-bearers who are united by the Holy Spirit and modeled after the life of Christ. When Jesus saves us, he saves us into this community where we learn together how to live in and reflect the light of God into the world.

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8. New Creation

The ultimate hope toward which the Christian faith points us is that God will one day reunite heaven and earth in a new creation where we will live embodied lives in God’s presence.

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