AXIOMS: INTRODUCTION

An "AXIOM" is a truth so obvious that it doesn't need to be proven

We have created a great divide between our "regular" life and our "spiritual" life.

Our goals for AXIOMS are:

1. To integrate our regular life with our spiritual life

2. To learn a new way to discern theology and the Bible

INTEGRATING OUR LIFE

We often think of our life in parts

• Home

• Work/school

• Church

We spend all our time/energy trying to find a proper balance between them: spending enough at home with our family; at work to be successful; and at church to be faithful. But what if these weren’t different parts, but one cohesive whole?

Too often, we treat home/work/school (the secular, day-to-day parts) as our regular life. This is where we live and function; while our spiritual life as the church is where we go to be inspired and improved.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF LIVING LIKE THIS

• We divide our life between: regular and spiritual / secular and sacre

• Regular life takes precedence over everything

• Spiritual life is done in our “spare time”

The Axioms will help us tear down that divide so that our spiritual life and our secular life all becomes our real life.

THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY (THEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE)

The Bible is NOT THE FINAL AUTHORITY for a Christian.

Jesus is.

CHRIST IS THE SUN

• He’s the biggest object

  • Provides all the light to everything else

  • Everything else in the solar system orbits it

  • His gravity holds the entire solar system together

• The Bible revolves around Jesus

  • The Bible is one long story that points to Jesus

  • The Bible actually submits to Jesus’ own authority

IF CHRIST IS THE SUN, THE BIBLE LOOKS MORE LIKE JUPITER

• It's the second largest object in the solar system

• Its gravity still has an impact on the rest of the solar system

• It still revolves around the Sun

OK! But...WHAT IS AN AXIOM?

An “axiom” is a truth that JESUS HIMSELF assumes to be true. If Jesus lives in these truths, then we can and must assume them too. The axioms are so obvious that we won't find them all explicitly in the Bible but we do see how the Bible and Jesus demonstrate these truths.

So, if our biblical interpretations or our theology seem to contradict these axioms, we more than likely need to re-examine our reading and theology!

During this course we will be studying

4 AXIOMS that will change the way we live our Christian life!