Advent is here and I am more grateful for Jesus than I have ever been. Institutions, ideas, traditions, people… my own self ~ it can all disappoint or fall short of what I want this world to be, what I…
Advent ~ because You Matter
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God Was In Christ: The Doctrine of the Incarnation, An Advent Journal Part Two
Jesus Did Not Begin To Exist The message of Christmas is that God became flesh and came in the form of the Holy Child in a humble stable in Bethlehem. The book of Luke describes the supernatural, prophecy-fulfilling birth of…
Slices of Life, Slivers of Time
By Grant E. Christensen On Tuesday, Nancy and I once again drove to Seattle for my quarterly blood draw, PSA test, and appointment with my oncologist, Dr. Heather Cheng. When we got off the elevator, a nurse immediately interviewed us…
God Was In Christ: The Doctrine Of The Incarnation, An Advent Journal
“A true Christology will bring God in at the beginning, realizing that in the life of Jesus from the start there was no independence of God.”1 “For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God entered…
A Son is Given…
If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a…