Ecclesiology 101: Delight-Full Unity

When we consider the role of delight in our internal lives, the natural progression is to inquire of joy in our external lives. In this series, our ambition is to reveal what happens when we take that internal delight and make it external; when we take that life-shaping, heart-filling, mind-elating joy that lives within us and we allow it to bind us together as the unified people of God. In our time studying the church, my thesis—my theological claim—around which we will build our ecclesiology is the belief that delight in Christ binds us together. Our delight isn’t merely vertical but horizontal as well. The question that remains, then, is “What do you get when you bring delight in Christ inside of you to delight in Christ outside of you?” This series gives the answer: the church.

All of the lessons and the corresponding notes can be found below.

Ecclesiology 101, Part 1 - Delight-Full Unity: Horizontal Christian Hedonism

Our first lesson explores how delight in Christ does not remain private, but overflows outward to create and sustain the unity of the church through Christlike love. It argues that love is the binding force that knits believers together, making the church the inevitable expression of a people whose joy is rooted in Jesus and lived out in generosity, sacrifice, and shared community

Ecclesiology 101, Part 2 -

Our first lesson explores how delight in