1. Dr Michael Schluter CBE (c) Relational Research 2014

2. A Relational God Significance of Trinity Uniqueness among world religions Derivation of Family Relational Thinking

3. Eden Covenants Incarnation The Cross Eternal life Relational Thinking A Relational Story

4. Relational Thinking Church Relationships: With one another With the leadership With the community With the State A Relational Community

5. Relational Thinking Biblical Law: The Design of a Relational God for a Relational Society

6. Biblical law and relationships today A continuing role (Matthew 5: 11-20)

7. Purposes of Biblical law 1. Teaching the role of sacrifice

8. Purposes of Biblical law 2. To give God’s people a distinctive culture

9. Purposes of Biblical law 3. To teach us ‘The Way of the Lord’: A Social Paradigm

10. The Big Idea The Overall Purpose of Biblical law