christain 2

• salvation is the story of god's entry into the world in order to reaffirm the first judgement, which is that god has looked at us and seen that we are good. we are saved when we agree with God that being human is good. 
• salvation is not the story  of god rescuing us from an evil universe but of god coming to live in the universe with us so that we finally recognize how good the universe is.

• first we must affirm the goodness of who we are
• recognize that i am finite, that i am not god and that god is good
• embrace your creaturliness

agape=love which is completley centered on the one love ex;self-gift

eros=names a love which finds satisfaction in the person or thing loved

philia=companionship or friendship

• 1:a community of persons is intrinsic to christianity is that we need to hear the news from someone else.
• its a story that must be told amongst people

2. christianity can only be experienced within a community is that christianity claims that my relationship to god is dependent on my relationship to my brothers and sisters

• because the real sign of a churches holiness means not excluding sinners but welcoming them
• churches holiness is that imperfect people who make up the church can live together without cutting one another's throat