The Recall
Overview
Key Elements
- Key Passage - Review
- Scripture Memory - ____
- Catechism - ____
Conclusion
Coming soon.
Book Overview: Surveying the Landscape
Disciples mature as they get grounded in the essentials of the faith. In this section, summarize the main idea of this study, retell one of the biblical narratives from your Storycraft, and review the core biblical passages explored in this study.
Key Idea
After such an intensive study, it is important to sum up our learning. Think through the broad theme(s) of this study. Summarize the main idea in your own words in a way that broadly addresses all the main teachings.
Story Retell
We deepen our knowledge of those things that we can articulate in our own words (and it’s even better if we can recite from memory). Pick one of the biblical narratives from this study. Review and update your Storycraft and prepare to share your revised version with your faith community. Consider sharing it from memory.
Narrative Review
God wants us to become fluent in speaking his word to others. Summarize the twelve biblical narratives that were studied over the past weeks. Identify the basic narrative content and overarching theme that each passage addressed. Use the space below to record your overview (i.e., chart, diagram, drawing, storyboard).
Faith Foundation: Exploring the Terrain
God gifts us with Christian community as a critical environment for ongoing faith formation. In this section, interact with the discussion questions and record significant insights you have gleaned over the course of this study.
Discussion Questions
God grows our faith in the context of loving and committed community relationships. Explore the following discussion questions with your faith community in order to review the impact of this study in various domains of life.
1. What new beliefs and convictions have you developed as a result of this study?
2. How has God exposed sinful areas of your heart? How has God stirred you to great joy?
3. What new behaviors and habits is God calling you to develop?
4. In what ways have you already seen God change your relationships?
Significant Insights
It is important to keep track of insights and lessons God has taught us as we trek in our faith journey. Identify significant quotes, key verses, biblical principles, or community comments that you encountered throughout the course of this study. Record these in the space below and share a few in your group discussion.
Learning Plan: Charting the Course
The life of discipleship is a journey of lifelong learning. Use the list of selected passages and recommended reading as a starting place for ongoing development in this key area of the Christian faith.
Selected Passages
God’s word is the ultimate guide for life and godliness. Glance at the passages below. Identify one or two passages that you will study (or memorize) as a means of further development in this area.
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Recommended Reading
God wants you to continue growing in this area of your Christian life. Survey the books below and prayerfully consider one book to read in order to continue your growth in this area.
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Core Project: Synthesizing the Faith
A mature faith integrates God’s truth into the reality of life. Use this section to synthesize your learning over the course of the past weeks by producing a confessional summary statement and writing a journal reflection.
Devotion Creed
Coming soon.
Journal Reflection
It is important to periodically reflect on how God is growing us in godliness. Write a reflection considering the ways in which your life has been changed as a result of this study.
Faith Practice: Following the Way
Following Jesus is a lifelong venture of continuous progress. In this final section, evaluate your growth in the outlined objectives, identify practical next steps, and commit fellow community members to God in a time of focused prayer.
Growth Evaluation
Mature disciples practice regular self-examination in which they keep track of their progress in the faith. Take time to reflect on your growth in the specific objectives of this study. Use the following guide to assess how well you developed in each area.
| Objective | Exemplary | Mature | Developing | Emerging | Unsound |
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| Conviction: establish a mature Christian ____ | deep understanding of ____ | accurate understanding of ____, grounded in core biblical teaching as a countercultural worldview | growing but partial familiarity with ____, learning biblical foundations and perceiving cultural errors | general awareness of ____, willing to engage Bible as source of truth and realizing faults in wider culture | deficient views of ____, hesitant to trust biblical teaching and broad conformity to cultural norms |
| Commitment: cultivate a deepening commitment to ____ | exemplary devotion to ____ | clear and compelling commitment to ____, embracing ____ | eager pursuit of mature Christian ____, upholding the central importance of ____ | initial interest and attraction to Christian ____, open to being trained and instructed in biblical teaching | open resistance and opposition to ____, being reluctant and averse to ____ |
| Conduct: demonstrate ____ | sound and rich command of ____ | convincing maturity in ____, demonstrating biblical orientation and faith foundations in ____ | noticeable progress in ____, making ____ | early movement to ____, exerting effort and energy to ____ | disordered and dysfunctional ____, being ignorant of and inattentive to truth |
| Community: undertake ____ in family, church, and society | lasting contribution in ____ | active engagement in all ____, making personal investment ____ | expanding participation in ____, developing a sense of ____ | beginning involvement ____, seeking ____ | misplaced focus on one’s role ____, displaying ____ |
| Character: embody ____ | obvious appropriation of ____ | clear demonstration of core virtues that ____, showing the fruit of Christian character | promising signs of being reformed ____, practicing repentance ____ | first indications that one is reorienting life after biblical ____, possessing a desire to pursue ____ | obvious lack of Christian character, life gripped by destructive ____ |
Next Steps
God calls us to follow him in all spheres of life: individual, family, church, and world. Identify concrete decisions and measurable actions you can take to apply these principles in each life sphere. Record these goals below.
Individual
Family
Church
World
Community Prayer
We can only hope to grow in our faith by God’s divine help. In the context of your faith community, celebrate areas of growth and share upcoming goals. Then, spend time praying for each other as a community.