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Who can begin to fathom the mystery of Jesus?  There is no one to compare with him.   He is one of us and yet unlike us, for he is both God and man in one person.  As such, he is … Continue reading →

Jesus alone is the starting point for our thinking on election.  Not an abstract decree of election that is unrelated to Jesus, but one that begins only with him and is fulfilled only in him. God’s eternal decision was to … Continue reading →

Before the world was made God decided that he wanted to be God with us and for us as one of us.  He also decided that he wanted us to be one with him in the deepest fellowship. So the … Continue reading →

As we speak about the Triune God we use human words to express who this God is within himself.  But we are trying to express the inexpressible.  So, in all our attempts to know the Triune God, we must accept … Continue reading →

 Jesus is God’s unique Son.  He is, therefore, the act of God to and for humans as human. So we must be careful not to separate who Jesus is from what he does for us. For what Jesus does for … Continue reading →

The Father’s unique Son became fully human. He did so to live in total solidarity with his fellow humans.  He is God and yet he identifies totally with us even in our sin.  He submitted to a baptism among sinners … Continue reading →

Before the world was even made the Father wanted to bind himself to us in the deepest union and communion.  And even though we resisted God’s purpose he resisted our resistance.  For at God’s appointed time the Father’s Son stepped … Continue reading →

Through Jesus, our Great High Priest, we have bold access into the Holy of Holies where we freely embrace Abba Father as he embraces us.  In his embrace, we embrace all people holding them within the sphere of our Father’s … Continue reading →

God promised Abraham he would become a great nation that would be a blessing to all nations.  In order to be a blessing, Abraham’s offspring were called by their  God to be “a kingdom of priests” (Exodus 19:6). Priests represent … Continue reading →

God made a covenant with Abraham promising to bless him and make him a blessing to all.  The Lord proved faithful to this promise.  At the end of Abraham’s life we read, “The Lord had blessed Abraham in every way … Continue reading →