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Heaven & Earth (& Hell) 3 – Unraveling the Caricature

By Scott | Published: June 21, 2010
There are many threads one can use to begin unraveling the somewhat common modern caricature of the Christian perspective on reality I described in the last post. I want to start with the affirmation of the very basic Christian belief that God is not somewhere else. The Christian God is everywhere present and filling all [...]
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Original Sin 16 – Healing the Nature of Man

By Scott | Published: March 11, 2010
As I began to knit Scripture together with its ancient Christian interpretations, the image that likely sealed my turn toward Christianity was the image of recapitulation first found in the work St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Against Heresies. His imagery of recapitulation follows St. Paul’s typology of Adam and Christ. [Christ became man], in order that, [...]
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Holy, Holy, Holy

By Scott | Published: October 22, 2009
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory. Isaiah 6:3 Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Trisagion A couple of days ago, @tomcottar retweeted @edstetzer: Holiness is not separation from sinners. It is separation from sin. At the time I had several thoughts, [...]
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On the Incarnation of the Word 37 – All Creation Ransomed

By Scott | Published: October 6, 2009
Athanasius examines more prophecies fulfilled in Christ, but I want to reflect on his closing sentence today. He it is that was crucified before the sun and all creation as witnesses, and before those who put Him to death: and by His death has salvation come to all, and all creation been ransomed. He is [...]
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On the Incarnation of the Word 17 – Fully Human, Fully Divine

By Scott | Published: September 9, 2009
We say, of course, that Jesus was fully human and fully divine. It has become almost formulaic. Yet we don’t really reflect on the depth of that mystery and have a tendency to emphasize one over the other. We have discussed and will discuss what it would mean for Christ to be any less than [...]
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