Foundations

11 Core Truths to Build Your Life On

Four ways to use Foundations:

Use the Teacher's Guide and Participant's guide to do a full study for your church.
Use the Teacher's guide for your own teaching whenever you teach a doctrine.
Read the Teacher's Guide for your own personal study of doctrinal truth.
Study the 11 doctrines one at a time in four week studies for your small group.

Building a Foundation That Lasts // Three Levels of Truth

Here's a brief look at what we'll be studying together. This chart helps you to see the different levels of learning that go along with grasping a truth. Being able to quote a truth does not mean I've fully grasped that truth.

	TO GRASP A DOCTRINE I MUST...	LEARN IT (Understand the Truth)	LOVE IT (Change my Perspective)	LIVE IT (Apply it to Life)
COURSE 1	THE BIBLE	The Bible is God's perfect guidebook for living.	I can make the right decision.	I will consult the Bible for guidance in my decision about _______________.
	GOD	God is bigger and better and closer than I can imagine.	The most important thing about me is what I believe about God.	When I see how great God is, it makes _______________ look small.
	JESUS	Jesus is God showing himself to us.	God wants me to know him better.	I will get to know Jesus through a daily quiet time.
	THE HOLY SPIRIT	God lives in me and through me now.	I am a temple of God's Holy Spirit.	I will treat my body like the temple it is by _______________.
	CREATION	Nothing "just happened." God created it all.	I have a purpose in this world.	The reason I exist is to _______________.
COURSE 2	SALVATION	Grace is the only way to have a relationship with God.	I am an object of God's grace.	I'll stop seeing _______________ as a way to earn my salvation. I'll begin doing it simply in appreciation for God's grace.
	SANCTIFICATION	Faith is the only way to grow as a believer.	I grow when I see myself in a new way.	I'll spend more time listening to what God's Word says about me and less time listening to what the world says about me.
	GOOD AND EVIL	God has allowed evil to provide us with a choice. God can bring good even out of evil events. God promises victory over evil to those who choose him.	All things work together for good.	I am battling evil as I face _______________. I will overcome evil with good by _______________.
	THE AFTERLIFE	Heaven and hell are real places. Death is a beginning, not the end.	I can face death with confidence.	I will have a more hopeful attitude toward _______________.
COURSE 3	THE CHURCH	The only true "world superpower" is the church.	The best place to invest my life is in God's church.	I need to make a deeper commitment to the church by _______________.
COURSE 3	THE SECOND COMING	Jesus is coming again to judge this world and to gather God's children.	I want to be living alertly for him when he comes.	Someone I can encourage with the hope of the Second Coming is _______________.

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