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Michael Ramsey once said: “God is Christlike, and in Him there is no unchristlikeness at all.” It is essential that our minds remain fixed on God as Chistlike because we so easily slip into thinking about God apart from Christ … Continue reading →

The salvation of the Lord comes into the world rescuing us from all the false lords that enslave us. No one is ever without a lord.  Each one of us is what we are because of the lord’s we serve … Continue reading →

The Jesus story portrays the life of a human among humans.  He lives and moves with other humans doing all the natural things humans do. Nevertheless, the story shows that he is different from all other humans. He isn’t simply … Continue reading →

Though the Father’s Son was in the form of God he willingly took the form of a servant. He came freely to serve his Father in the power of the Spirit. Always listening for what his Father wanted him to … Continue reading →

  Jesus IS reconciliation from both God’s side and ours. Jesus is reconciliation from the side of God for he is God’s action reconciling the world to himself. In Jesus God actually came among us doing everything necessary for a … Continue reading →

God created humanity to live under his rule in love, joy and peace.  But humanity has rejected God’s rule and exists under the domain of sin and death. Nevertheless, God responded to this tragedy with a decisive new intervention. He … Continue reading →

The Father’s Son become lowly human servant offering up his own life for us.  In doing so, he brought to an end the old age under the power of sin and death.  Not only did he die for us, we … Continue reading →

During Old Testament times, did anyone see that the repeated sacrifices for sin were mere shadows?  Did anyone begin to imagine that the reality to which the sacrifices  pointed was the self-offering of one man as the once for all … Continue reading →

Athanasius saw Jesus as the one who ministers the things of God to humankind and the things of humankind to God. Jesus ministers the things of God to us, not as a mere agent of God acting for God, but … Continue reading →

When I first came to faith I was taught to define the atonement as “at-one-ment” because through the atonement we are one with God. Soon, I was taught to move on in my understanding by developing an elaborate doctrine of … Continue reading →