Knowing God with heart and mind Christian Believer aims at addressing the substance of the Christian faith that the church has confessed and the connection between believing and living faithfully
Learning Outcome
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the Christian faith and doctrines as well as the connectivity between the different doctrines. Like building blocks, one belief rests on another, leans against another, touches another and out of such building blocks of belief come faithful lives and communities centered on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and sent forth by the Holy Spirit to point others to God.
Synopsis
It focuses on the classical teachings of the Christian faith as enshrined in the ecumenical creeds, presenting, explaining and interpreting them in a way that participants can understand through the use of words, symbols and hymns. The primary texts are the Bible and the Book of Readings, which consists of brief selections from the writings of Christians ancient and modern on the great doctrines of Christian faith. “Knowing God With Heart & Mind” is the central theme of this course. It summarizes the message that, if the study of doctrine is to result in wholeness of life, the issues of the heart and the issues of the mind must come together. Doctrine moves from the head to the heart.