sources of authority

• the christian philosopher Augustine wrote that sacraments are a "visible sign of invisible grace"
• Nature of God

  • "Lord you are a compassionate and gracious God"
  • "I stretch out my hand against egypt and bring the israelites out"
  • "no sparrow falls to the ground with your father knowing"
  • "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son"
  • "all the hairs on your head are counted
• creation

  • "the two become one flesh"
  • "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"
• Judgement

  • The parable of the sheep and the goats - "they will go to eternal punsihment and the righteous to eternal life"
  • the rich man and lazarus
• Sin/atonement

  "If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away"
• prayer/worship

  • "Be still and know that I am God"
  • "Go to your room , close the door, and pray to our father who is in heaven"
  • "Whatever you ask for in prayer,believe that you have received it and it will be yours"
  • "when two or three are gathered, i am with them"
• 7 sacraments

  • baptism
  • holy communion - eucharist
  • holy orders
  • confirmations
  • anointing of the sick
  • reconciliation
  • marriage
• eucharist

  "do this in remembrance of me"

  "this is my blood of the convenant which is poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins"
• easter

  • "he is risen"
  • "he is risen indeed"
  • he has risen! Remember how he told you
• Persecution/ reconciliation

  • "you have heard that it was said, "you shall love your neighbour + hate your enemy." "but i say to you, love your enemies & pray for those who persecute you"
  • Jesus forgave those who crucified him
• Incarnation

  "in the beginning was the word, and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning"

  "the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they willl call him Immanuel"
• baptism

  "the same hour of the night, he was baptised , with all his family"

  "i tell you, no one can see the kingdom unless they are born again"

  "how can someone be born when they are old"

  "no one can enter the kingdom of God, unless they are born of water and the spirit"
• Salvation

  "I am the way, the truth and the life, - no one comes to the father except through me

  "I am the resurrection and the Life, those who believe in me even though they die, will live"

  "In my father's house are many rooms , i am going there to prepare a way for you"
• ascension/ pentecost

  • while he was blessing them , he left them and was taken up into heaven"
  • "when the day of pentecost had come ther ewas the rushing of a violent wind + tongues of fire on each of them and they all spoke in tongues as the spirit enabled them
• trinity

  "the father and i are one"

  "in the name of the father, son and the holy spirit"

  "creed"
• ethical teachings

  • "blesssed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God"
  • "Do to others as you would have them do to you"
  • "love your neighbour as yourself"
  • "i tell you , not seven times but seventy times sevem"
  • "it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners"
• crucifixion

  "God so loved the world that he gave his only son"

  "my God, my God, why have your foresaken me"

  "father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing"
• resurrection

  "why do you llook for the living among the dead? He is not here; he is risen!"

  "and if christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith"

  "it is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body"
• mission / evangelism

  • "take the gospel to the ends of the earth"
  • "therefore, go and make disciples of all nations"