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Virtue & Vice: through 6 lenses

THEOLOGICAL (Identity)
What does this reveal about Gods character?
o who is God? what does he love?
o who are we? what does it mean to be human?
o what is sin? what disrupts Gods vision of the good life (shalom)?
o what is virtue? what affirms shalom in our lives?
DOXOLOGICAL (Values)
Who/what are we worshipping?
o what are our hearts set on?
o what do we most value?
o what is most important to us?
PASTORAL (Care)
How can we find healing for our souls?
o how has vice damaged us?
o how can virtue heal us?
o what are our hurts/scars?
FORMATIONAL (Discipleship)
Are we being conformed to the image of Christ?
o how does vice deform/deface the image of God in us?
o how does virtue affirm/renew/restore the image of God in us?
o how do virtue & vice contribute/detract from my ability to freely
follow Jesus?
MARTIAL (Spiritual Warfare)
How can we do battle with the enemy in the power of the Spirit?
o how can we prepare for and thwart the Enemys schemes?
o how can we become free and also help to free others?
MISSIONAL (Holiness)
How does virtue form Kingdom people?
o how does virtue function as salt and light?
o what about virtue is attractive to others and glorifying to God?
o how does virtue connect with Gods mission in the world?
o how does justice come from properly naming, and seeking to heal,
vice?

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