Christian Formation — Series Outline

“It’s the end of the world as we know it: end times, rapture, dominionism, eat at Joe’s!”

St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Fall 2025

October 15: What Is Eschatology? Christian Hope and the “Last Things”

- Scripture: Revelation 21:1–5 (“a new heaven and a new earth”)

- Art: “The New Jerusalem” by Edward Burne-Jones

October 22: Biblical Visions—Prophets, Jesus, and the Book of Revelation

- Scripture: Isaiah 65:17–25; Matthew 24:1–14; Revelation 7:9–17

- Art: “The Peaceable Kingdom” by Edward Hicks

October 29: Resurrection, Judgment, and the Life Everlasting

- Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12–26; John 5:24–29

- Art: Fra Angelico’s “The Last Judgment”

November 5: Eschatology Gone Wrong—The Rise and Risk of Christian Nationalism

- Scripture: Matthew 25:31–46

- Video: “What is Christian Nationalism?” (PBS NewsHour)

November 12: Living in Hope—Eschatology and Christian Discipleship

- Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8–15; Luke 4:16–21

- Art: “Christ of the Breadlines” by Fritz Eichenberg

November 19: The Great Invitation—Worship, Sacrament, and the World to Come

- Scripture: John 6:35-40

- Art: “Invitation to the Banquet” by Eugene Burnand