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When the Incarnation Gets Personal – Michael Frack
The thing about Christmas and the Incarnation that every now and then breaks through my stoic emotional defenses and leaves me blubbering like a child, is that God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, who sits on the Throne above every Throne, loves not just the human race in general, but loves me, cares enough for me, that he took on my flesh and my frame and came to be like me – that he came to know my suffering, and my darkness, and my pain – and that he came to be rejected as I am rejected. That he came into my mess to make his home in my despair, to live his life in the places where I can only see pain and death.
That he came to take the ...
December 2017
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Greg Albrecht: The KING Who Became a Man – pg. 1
Brad Jersak: The Great Scandal! – pg. 5
Eden Jersak: God With Us – pg. 8
Laura Urista: Good News of Great Joy – pg. 12
Brian Zahnd: Waiting for God to Act – pg. 13
Greg Albrecht: “If God is love, why would he allow a place like hell?” -pg. 15
Winter 2016
Articles:
Dare to Hope...Can All Be Saved? - page 4
32 Scriptures that Dare Us to Hope - page 6
7 Myths about Christian Universalism - page 8
"If you want to see folk damned..." - page 12
Changing Diapers for God - page 15
Nones and Dones - page 16
One Road; Two Ditches - page 20
A Perfect Plan for Your Life? - page 23
Jesus, Son of Adam - page 24
"When the time had fully come..." - page 25
What Itching Ears Really Want to Hear - page 31
Jesus’ Dysfunctional Family – Doug Schroeder
Matthew 1:1-16
When Matthew records Jesus’ family tree in the opening words of his gospel, he is writing to his Jewish neighbors who were asking, “What qualifies Jesus to be this Messiah we have been awaiting so long?” Qualifications are everything. Does Jesus have the right pedigree?
When you write a resume you don’t want any smudges in your personal or employment history. But who does Matthew include in Jesus’ resume? The inclusions are stunning.
Included are 5 women. Shocking. Women had no status back then. They were excluded from any genealogy. But here, in the ...
Nov-Dec 2015
Articles:
The Visitor - page 1
Apart From and before God's Grace - page 2
Fellowship of the Unashamed - page 4
Perils of Bible Dissection - page 5
Reading the Bible Right - page 6
God Loves China - page 7
J is for Jesus – Bono
At this time of year some people are reminded of the poetic as well as the historic truth that is the birth of Jesus. The Christmas story has a crazy good plot with an even crazier premise - the idea goes, if there is a force of love and logic behind the universe, then how amazing would it be if that incomprehensible power chose to express itself as a child born in shit and straw poverty.
Who could conceive of such a story? If you believe it was the protagonist, as I do, then we should try to be really respectful of people who think the whole thing is a bit nutty or worse... Religious people are the best and worst of us...handle us with sceptici...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Greg Albrecht
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